Bill Brassey Explained
Bill Brassey (known as John Leechman) was an English bare-knuckle boxer.
On 26 October 1840 Ben Caunt defeated Bill Brassey at Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire, in 101 rounds.[1]
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Notes and References
- Book: Mee . Bob . Bare Fists: The History Of Bare-Knuckle Prize-Fighting . 2001 . Overlook Press . Woodstock, N.Y. . 1-58567-141-X . 108 . Slow Painful Decline . Caunt beat Bill Brassey, otherwise known as John Leechman, at Six Mile Bottom near Newmarket in 101 rounds on October 26, 1840..
