&quotPeter &quot&quotBlack Prince&quot&quot Jackson Australian international heavyweight…

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&quotPeter &quot&quotBlack Prince&quot&quot Jackson Australian international heavyweight…

&quotPeter &quot&quotBlack Prince&quot&quot Jackson Australian international heavyweight boxing champion Lithograph by A D Bastin – a full length boxing – mf&g overall 24 x 19”. Note Peter Jackson&nbsp(1861 – 1901) was a heavyweight &nbspboxer&nbspfrom&nbspAustralia&nbspwho had a significant international career winning the Australian heavyweight title in 1886 with a knockout of Tom Lees in the 30th round, and the&nbspBritish Commonwealth&nbsptitle against&nbspJem Smith&nbspby KO in the second round. In 1888 he beat&nbsp&quot&quotOld Chocolate&quot&quot Godfrey&nbspto gain the&nbspworld 'coloured' heavyweight championship. In 1891, in&nbspBenicia, California&nbspJackson fought the future world champion&nbspJames Cobbett which went 61 rounds before it was declared no contest, as both boxers were too exhausted to continue. Ill health curtailed his boxing career eventually losing his final battle to tuberculosis at only 40 years of age.&quot

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