Hen Pearce (1777-1809). Pugilist/Boxer. Known as 'the Game chicken'. A popular fighter, never beaten in compeition. Image taken from Boxiana; or Sketc

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Hen Pearce (1777-1809). Pugilist/Boxer. Known as 'the Game chicken'. A popular fighter, never beaten in compeition. Image taken from Boxiana; or Sketches of ancient and modern pugilism; from the days of the reowned Broughton and Slack, to the heroes of the present milling aera! By One of the Fancy Pierce Egan. With plates. . Originally published in G. Smeeton: London, 1812.

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