My peace on cribs Meadow from June

 

What is now an SSSI, Cribbs Meadow, was once the site of a historic boxing match in 1811 between Tom Cribb, England’s “champion of champions” and Tom Molineax, knew a former slave dubbed “the champion of America”. It was attended by 15,000 spectators.

Tom Cribb was 40 and had already retired once

Tom Mullen was younger. He had been born into slavery in Virginia in 1784. He fought his way to freedom and made his way to New York City around 1804. He sailed to England in 1809 “in quest of glory and renown”.

Cribb defeated Mulan you in the 11th round of a rematch here to retain his title after 19 minutes and 10 seconds. That is about the time it takes to walk 1 mile.

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