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    John Camel Heenan (May 2, 1834 – October 28, 1873), also known as the Benicia Boy, was an American bare-knuckle prize fighter. Though highly regarded...
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    exclusively on his final contest, when he faced American champion John Camel Heenan in a battle which was widely considered to be boxing's first world...
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  • John Heenan may refer to: John Heenan (cardinal) (1905–1975), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster John C. Heenan (1834–1873), American bare-knuckle...
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    John Carmel Heenan (26 January 1905 – 7 November 1975) was a senior-ranking English prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster...
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    fellow Troy, New York, native John C. Heenan in New York in the fall of 1857 brought about his return to the ring. Heenan, who had been in California,...
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    Hampshire, when English Champion Tom Sayers meets American Champion John C. Heenan in what is effectively a World Championship bout. After 42 rounds, the...
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  • December — Tom King defeats John C. Heenan in the 24th round to retain the English Championship title. This is Heenan's final fight. Events 8 January...
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  • the Heavyweight Championship of England. Hurst retires from boxing. John C. Heenan retains the Championship of America but there is no record of any fights...
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  • American champion John Morrissey refusing to fight again until 1858, the focus shifts to his eventual next opponent, the upcoming John C. Heenan, known as "The...
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    December 1988. An elated Bobby Heenan appeared on the set to welcome Studd back to the Heenan family. However, with Heenan now also managing his old adversary...
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  • Bartley Gorman / Joe Goss Bob Gregson John Gully Bobby Gunn Mark Godbeer Jim Hall John C. Heenan Jacob Hyer Tom Hyer John Jackson Peter "Black Prince" Jackson...
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  • Green-Wood Cemetery. Events Joe Coburn challenges John C. Heenan for the American Championship. Heenan refuses to fight and Coburn claims the title. 28...
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  • his defeat of the reigning champion Jem Mace and American contender John C. Heenan. King was born on Silver Street, Stepney, East London and at an early...
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  • champion. 20 October — John Morrissey at last defends the Championship of America at Long Point in Canada against John C. Heenan. Heenan breaks two knuckles...
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  • are arrested. 4 September — McCoole is due to fight former champion John C. Heenan near St. Louis, Missouri, but the fight is cancelled. McCoole continues...
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    Events John Morrissey announces his retirement and relinquishes the Championship of America, which is awarded to his nearest challenger John C. Heenan. English...
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    Brown (2021) Amilcar Brusa (2007) Michael Buffer (2012) Bill Cayton (2005) John Graham Chambers (1990) Don Chargin (2001) Stanley Christodoulou (2004) Gil...
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    sole manufacturing facility for large caliber cannon.[citation needed] John C. Heenan, U.S. heavyweight boxing champion and contender for the world title...
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  • boxer. In 1862 he claimed the Heavyweight Championship from John Carmel Heenan when Heenan refused to fight him. Coburn was born on July 29, 1835, in Middletown...
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    president of the California Senate Austin Carr, NFL football player John C. Heenan, boxer, aka "The Benicia Boy" Willie Calhoun, professional baseball...
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    major sporting events of the era, the prize fight between the American John C. Heenan and the English Thomas Sayers sponsored by George Wilkes, publisher...
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    Shakespeare in performance, and giving lectures. Her third husband was John C. Heenan, a popular Irish-American prizefighter whom she married in 1859. Some...
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  • Boxing Cards" and encyclopedia and check-list of boxing cards, was of John C. Heenan issued by photographs Charles D. Fredericks in the 1860s. The first...
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    was still flourishing. He toured with the celebrated American boxer John C. Heenan, giving exhibitions of glove boxing. In what should be considered his...
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    physical culture pioneer William Muldoon. The heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan, who fought in both bare-knuckled and gloved boxing contests...
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  • Heenan Blaikie LLP is a defunct Canadian law firm. It practised in the areas of business, labour and employment, litigation, taxation, entertainment law...
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    first major international, between Tom Sayers and American heavyweight John C. Heenan at Farnborough, Hampshire, ends in a draw as police arrive to break...
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    Patrick Stanley Vaughan Heenan (29 July 1910 – 13 February 1942) was a captain in the British Indian Army who was supposedly convicted of treason, after...
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    The Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is an 11–18 boys comprehensive school and sixth form for boys located in West Derby, Liverpool, England. As of...
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    is part of the Diocese of Leeds. It is named in honour of Cardinal John Carmel Heenan, a former Bishop of Leeds, Archbishop of Liverpool and Archbishop...
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