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Henry "Hen" Pearce (7 May 1777, in
Retrieved on 18 April 2009. Pearce was known as "The Game Chicken", a nickname probably derived from his habit of signing his name "Hen" instead of Henry. He was reckoned a fast, skillful
Henry "Hen" Pearce (7 May 1777, in Bristol
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– 30 April 1809, at St. Martin's Lane, London
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) was an English bare-knuckle prizefighter who fought under the London Prize Ring rules
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and was the recognised English Champion from 1804 until his retirement due to ill health in 1807.Cyber Boxing Zone EncyclopaediaRetrieved on 18 April 2009. Pearce was known as "The Game Chicken", a nickname probably derived from his habit of signing his name "Hen" instead of Henry. He was reckoned a fast, skillful
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who hit hard with both fists.
On 6 December 1805, Pearce defeated Jem Belcher in a Championship decider (a fight reported in Pierce Egan's first volume of ''Boxiana'').David Snowdon, 'Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World' (2013)
He was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1987 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame
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in 1993.
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*List of bare-knuckle boxers
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