Charles Watson "Charley" Mitchell -world heavyweight boxing contender and lightweight champ
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Charles Watson
"Charley" Mitchell English world
heavyweight boxing title contender and lightweight champion. During his career, he
engaged in over 100 fights with both gloves and bare-knuckles. In 1882 Billy Madden, the former tutor and backer of John L
Sullivan, put on an openweight boxing tournament in England, in order to find a
challenger for John L Sullivan. A number of prominent boxers including Jem
Goode and Jack Knifton entered. Despite being both the youngest and lightest of
the 21 competitors, Mitchell won the tournament. Mitchell came from Birmingham, England and
fought John L. Sullivan in 1883, knocking him down in the first round. Their
second meeting took place in
1888 on the grounds of a chateau at Chantilly, France in driving rain. It went
on for more than two hours, at the end of which both men were unrecognizable
and had suffered much loss of blood; neither could lift his arms to punch and
the contest was considered a draw. In 1894 Mitchell fought in his most
noteworthy bout, against James J Corbett for the world heavyweight
championship. Corbett won by KO in the 3rd round, winning $20,000. The bottom
of the CDV reads Charley Mitchll England’s Young Champion. No back mark.
Shipping Weight:
0.3 lb
Item # 23138
$550.00 USD
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