Boxing
Events
- The first English champion of the 19th century is Jem Belcher, known as the "Napoleon of the Ring", who holds the title from 1800 to 1805.
- 25 November — Belcher successfully defends his title by defeating Joe Berks in 16 rounds at Hurley Bottom.
Read more about this topic: 1801 In Sports
Famous quotes containing the word boxing:
“... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.”
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)
“I can entertain the proposition that life is a metaphor for boxing—for one of those bouts that go on and on, round following round, jabs, missed punches, clinches, nothing determined, again the bell and again and you and your opponent so evenly matched it’s impossible not to see that your opponent is you.... Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing.”
—Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)