Jack Slack, bare-knuckle boxer, 1721 - 1768. first international heavyweight champion 1754. Aka the Butcher, the Norfolk Cleaver.
From an eighteenth century album of sketches of 10 famous bare-knuckle English boxers. Private collection.
Size: 4000px × 5926px
Location: London
Photo credit: © Candida Slater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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