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Auction 74 12-13 Apr 2023
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Sport, Boxing, "Boxiana", Spring & Langan, brass tokens, 1824 (5), the boxers squared up to each other, rev. two gloves, 23mm., and a small silver prize medal, 1922, obverse remarkably similar, rev. naming details erased, 26mm., fine to very fine (6)
The fight between Tom Spring (1795-1851) and the Irish fighter Jack Langan (1798-1846) was their second meeting and was held at Pitchcroft, Worcester – the 72 rounds lasting some 2 ½ hours. The crowd was believed to be about 40,000 and the purse £300. Spring won, as indeed, he had won their previous fight. Both fighters retired, Tom Spring became the landlord of the " Castle Inn " in Holborn, London and Jack Langan a publican in Liverpool.
Estimate: 65 - 85 GBP
The fight between Tom Spring (1795-1851) and the Irish fighter Jack Langan (1798-1846) was their second meeting and was held at Pitchcroft, Worcester – the 72 rounds lasting some 2 ½ hours. The crowd was believed to be about 40,000 and the purse £300. Spring won, as indeed, he had won their previous fight. Both fighters retired, Tom Spring became the landlord of the " Castle Inn " in Holborn, London and Jack Langan a publican in Liverpool.
Estimate: 65 - 85 GBP