Jem Smith

Jem Smith

Jem Smith (born January 21, 1863 - died September 10, 1931) was a bare knuckle prize fighter in the late 19th century and into the early 20th century in England.

Early career

In 1881 he fought his first bare-knuckle prizefight aged 18 years. In 1889, he won the last internationally recognized bare-knuckle prizefight that was fought in Bruges, Belgium.

Titles

Jem Smith spent most of his career fighting under the BBBC. Smith fought his first heavyweight fight under the BBBC BritishHeavyweight Title in 1884 against Woolf Bendoff in the West End of London, England and won by TKO in the 13th round. In 1891 he fought his last BBBC fight against Ted Pritchard in New Cross, also in London, England and lost by a TKO in the 3rd round.

External links

* [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jsmith.htm Cyberzone boxing website data and photo]
* [http://www.boxinggyms.com/news/sullivan1887/sullivan_smith1887.htm Boxinggyms contemporary newspaper reporting of his fight with John L Sullivan of Boston USA in 1887]

ee also

*List of bare-knuckle boxers


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