The Tipton Slasher:Oldest known boxing photo

[JAB5239]

I found this by chance on another side and it said this is the oldest known boxing photo. I Google searched it and came up with this for those interested.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2016/04/26/is-this-the-famous-tipton-slasher-in-action/

[IronDanHamza]

Wow, Tipton.

Not far from where I grew up.

[Ivich]

I found this by chance on another side and it said this is the oldest known boxing photo. I Google searched it and came up with this for those interested.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/...her-in-action/

Perry was said to be over six foot ,and the fella in the pic is tall so maybe it is him?

WILLIAM PERRY THE TIPTON SLASHER - YouTube

[ShoulderRoll]

Supposedly from the mid-1800's.

I thought fighters couldn't be in shape without modern sports science and training methods?

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[JAB5239]

Supposedly from the mid-1800's.

I thought fighters couldn't be in shape without modern sports science and training methods?

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We all know the ridiculousness in that theory. I will say, and maybe it's the camera or film from the era, but if you zoom in Mr. Perry seems to have quite a nose on him.

[billeau2]

Without over analyzing things there is so much that can be gleaned from a mere photo! The distance, the slight rising of the front shoulder to protect the jaw, the hips aggressively forward while the weight being balanced...

And look at the topper hats in the back! lol.

[Anthony342]

The Tipton Slasher sounds like a serial killer.

[Willie Pep 229]

Without over analyzing things there is so much that can be gleaned from a mere photo! The distance, the slight rising of the front shoulder to protect the jaw, the hips aggressively forward while the weight being balanced...

And look at the topper hats in the back! lol.

That's OK I think we can over analyze things and ask who the one guy in both top hat and full suit, is? He looks to be of a wealthier class than the rest.

It was very much a time when 'clothes made the man.'

Top hats often denoted upper class while peak hats, the working class.

Now if you want to really over analyze, like I do, one might ask, are the two hatless spectators 'seconds.' -- A man back then didn't go hatless unless he was getting ready to work, or was very, very poor.

The hatless guy on the right looks too well dressed to be very poor.

But I'm probably over analyzing it.

[QueensburyRules]

- - Looks more like two coal miners. They're in a pose because film exposure needed a few seconds, and any movement blurred the photo. Tipton has at least two portraits made, the proper one in Bob Mee's Bareknucks show a handsome gentleman, not this Cyrano de Bernac pug.


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The other portrait not as handsome.





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[billeau2]

That's OK I think we can over analyze things and ask who the one guy in both top hat and full suit, is? He looks to be of a wealthier class than the rest.

It was very much a time when 'clothes made the man.'

Top hats often denoted upper class while peak hats, the working class.

Now if you want to really over analyze, like I do, one might ask, are the two hatless spectators 'seconds.' -- A man back then didn't go hatless unless he was getting ready to work, or was very, very poor.

The hatless guy on the right looks too well dressed to be very poor.

But I'm probably over analyzing it.

I would think the "toppers" was a case of two dandies, trying to ape the upper classes... lol. None of these blokes look quite like King Charles tea time company.