William Thompson (boxer)

For other people named William Thompson, see William Thompson (disambiguation).
William Thompson
Born(1811-10-11)11 October 1811[1][2]
Trinity Walk, Nottingham, England
Died23 August 1880(1880-08-23) (aged 68)
Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England
Other namesBendigo, Bendego (in period newspapers)
Statistics
Weight(s)averaged 165 lb (75 kg),
weight range 164 to 168 lb (74–76 kg)
Height5 ft 9.75 in (1.77 m)
StanceSouthpaw
Used London Prize Ring Rules after 1838
Boxing record
Total fights20
Wins19

William Abednego Thompson (11 October 1811 – 23 August 1880), also known Bendigo Thompson, was an English bare-knuckle boxer who won the heavyweight championship of England from James Burke on 12 February 1839.[3] He was inducted into The Ring magazine Hall of Fame in 1955, the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991,[3] and the Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011. His nickname of "Bendigo" lives on in the name of a city and creek in Australia.[4]

  1. ^ Boase, Frederic (1892). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Since the Year 1850, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter, Volume 1: A - H. Truro: Netherton and Worth. p. 237. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Miles, Henry Downes (1906). Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing. Volune Three. Edinburgh: John Grant. p. 3. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CBZ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "William Abednego Thompson". 24 October 2013.