Category: 1720s

Please note that if there is not an exact date we will assign it temporarily as January of the event.  If we have the exact Month, but not the exact date, we will put all entries occurring on the first of the month until we get the exact day. Historical data entries for the 1700’s: 

(excerpt only ] In London from the 1720s onwards, bouts were staged between women from labouring trades who were questing for money and status. Some of them became well known and their feats are recorded. For example, we read about “The famous boxing woman of Billingsgate,” “The fighting ass-driver from Stoke Newington,” “A female boxing