Paddington Tom Jones

Tom Jones
Statistics
Real name	Tom Jones
Nickname(s)	Paddington Jones
Rated at	139-146 lbs
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	British
Born	1766 Paddington, London
Died	22 August 1833(1833-08-22)
Boxing record
Wins	17
Losses	3
Draws	1
No contests	1

Paddington Jones (1766 – 22 August 1833) was a boxer from 1785 to 1805. He was born in Paddington, London.

Career

Jones is credited with having fought more bouts and seconded more pugilists than any person before him. He fought many notable bare-knuckle boxers of his day, including Caleb Baldwin, and in 1799 lost to Jem Belcher in the Middleweight Championship of England.

Death

Jones died in Paddington on August 22, 1833 at age 67.

Honors

Jones was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Paddington Tom Jones

• Paddington Tom Jones @ International Boxing Hall of Fame
• Paddington Tom Jones @ Cyber Boxing Zone
• Downes Miles, Henry (1906). Pugilistica: the history of British boxing. J. Grant. p. 114. http://www.archive.org/stream/pugilisticahisto01mileuoft#page/114/mode/2up. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
• The Sportsman's magazine of life in London and the country, Volume 1. London. 1845. p. 173. http://books.google.com/books?id=I3AXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
• Badcock, John; Egan, Pierce (circa 1823). Boxiana; or, Sketches of modern pugilism. London: Sherwood, Jones and Co. p. 501. http://books.google.com/books?id=hGerWzKDKGMC&pg=PA501. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 

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