"Gypsy" Jem Mace

[Underboss]

BORN : April 8 1831; Beeston, Norfolk, England

DIED : November 30 1910; Jarrow, Tyne And Wear, England(Buried at Liverpool, England); Some sources report March 3 1910; Newcastle, England

HEIGHT : 5-9 1/2

WEIGHT : 136-175 lbs


Mace was a clever boxer and was known as the "Father of Modern Boxing"; He probably had the greatest influence upon boxing during the pre-1900 era; Mace traveled all over the world teaching boxing and conducting tournaments; He developed many talented pugilists

Mace has a memorial at the Beeston church yard which stands beside the grave of Willian Mace, Jem's father; Jem was buried in his daughter's family plot at Anfields Cemetery at Liverpool

Mace was elected to the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990

[Mick Hucknall]

Bartley Gorman's great Grandfather oten challenged im but If I aim right, Mace wanted nothing to do with him

[bengidaro]

What makes him the father of modern boxing? Was it just a very modern style or whatever.