Hen Pearce
Henry "Hen" Pearce (born 7 May 1777 in Bristol; died 30 April 1809 at St. Martin's Lane, London) was an English bare-knuckle prizefighter who fought under the London Prize Ring rules and was the recognised English Champion from 1804 until his retirement, due to ill health, in 1807.[1]
Pearce was known as "The Game Chicken", a nickname probably derived from his habit of signing his name "Hen" instead of Henry. He was reckoned a fast, skillful boxer who hit hard with both fists.
On 6 December 1805, Pearce defeated Jem Belcher in a Championship decider ( a fight reported in Pierce Egan's first volume of Boxiana).[2]
He was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1987 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopaedia. Retrieved on 18 April 2009.
- ↑ David Snowdon, 'Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World' (2013)
