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Nickname(s)
  
Young Rump Steak

Role
  
Boxer

Name
  
Peter Crawley


Nationality
  
British

Rated at
  
164.5 lb (74.6 kg)

Height
  
1.84 m

Peter Crawley wwwcyberboxingzonecomimagescrawleygif

Born
  
5 December 1799 Newington Green, London (
1799-12-05
)

Died
  
March 12, 1865, Smithfield, London, City of London, United Kingdom

Peter Crawley (born 5 December 1799, Newington Green, London – 12 March 1865, West Smithfield, London) was a British bare-knuckle boxer. He won the Heavyweight Championship of England in 1827.

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1815


  • Pat Flannagan - WIN
  • 1816-1817

  • Bill Hunt - WIN
  • Jack Bennett - WIN
  • Tom Price - WIN
  • Bill Coleman - WIN
  • "Clara Market John" - WIN
  • Harry Buckstone - WIN
  • Tom McCarthy - WIN
  • Tom Tyler - WIN
  • Shirley's Carman - WIN
  • Big Drayman - WIN
  • 1818

  • 11 February - Tom Watson - DRAW
  • 7 August - Ben Sutcliffe - WIN
  • 1819

  • 16 March - Tom Hickman - LOSE
  • 1822

  • 7 May - "Southern's Bully" - WIN
  • 1823

  • 5 May - Dick Acton - WIN
  • Crawley defeated some more minor opponents
  • 1825

  • Crawley was unsuccessful to find a backed to fight with Jem Ward for the heavyweight championship of England
  • 1826

  • "Unknown Englander" - WIN (private fight)
  • 1827

  • 2 January - Jem Ward - WIN - Crawley becomes Heavyweight Champion of England
  • 4 January - Crawley retires from the ring and refused to meet Jem Ward in another Championship fight
  • References

    Peter Crawley Wikipedia