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  • KINGS ARE COMING
  • Pre-Fight Introduction
    • Castle Tavern
  • Round 1 - Background
    • Life in London
  • Round 2 - Jon Bee
    • Bee Stings
  • Belcher Corner
  • Round 3 - Hazlitt View
  • Round 4 - Irish Fighters
    • More Irish
  • Round 5 - Lord Byron
    • Miscellany
  • Round 6 - Gas!!!
  • Break! - Tom Cribb
  • Round 7 - Jack Randall
  • Round 8 - Men O' War
  • Round 9 - Audience
  • Round 10 - Opposition
  • Round 11- Book Guide
  • Round 12 - Dickens
  • Round 13 - Cosmetics
  • Round 14 - Time Travel
  • Round 15 - Mixed Bag
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The Kings are Coming

Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen; introducing (clockwise) -- TOM CRIBB, champion 1808-22; HEN PEARCE ('The Game Chicken'), champion 1805-07; JOHN GULLY, champion 1807-08; JEM BELCHER, champion 1800-03.

 

SPORTING SHOCK-TROOPS MARCHING TO THE BEAT OF THE RIB-CAGE!!!

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