Cribb, Tom

Cribb, Tom

▪ English athlete
born July 8, 1781, Hanham, Gloucestershire, England
died May 11, 1848, Woolwich, London

      English bare-knuckle champion from 1809 to 1822 and one of the most popular and respected boxers of the English prize ring.

      A former coal porter and sailor, Cribb began his boxing career in 1805. Although counted as a British and not a world titleholder, he did defeat two outstanding fighters from North America, both African Americans who had formerly been slaves: Bill Richmond, in 1805, and Tom Molineaux, in 1810 and again in 1811. The 1811 contest was an especially savage battle in which Molineaux suffered a broken jaw. Cribb also scored two victories over Jem Belcher, a former London Prize Ring champion. Cribb was given the honour of serving as a page for the coronation of George IV in 1821. He retired from the ring the next year and became landlord of a pub in central London. He was inducted into Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954.

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