Jem Mace

I was on a walk with Colin recently and he mentioned the bare knuckle boxer Jem Mace who was born in Beeston near Dereham.  He became the first Boxing World Heavyweight Champion and did his early boxing in Norfolk.  This was when boxing was illegal, so the fights took place by word of mouth, similar to rave parties nowadays.  He also liked the ladies and had three marriages and fourteen children, played the violin, worked for Pablo Fanque for a short period, owned a bar in Liverpool and a bar in New York amongst other things - all packed into his life of 79 years.  To find out more information, please access this article via the link below:  

https://british-boxers.com/pages/meet-jem-mace

Here is a YouTube film about Jem Mace, please access the link, press play and you can always give the film a thumbs up:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7bk40H44JU&t=6s