Benjamin Bandoff
English boxer (1838-1899)
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Benjamin Bindoff (1838–1899), known as Benjamin Bandoff, was a 19th-century English-Jewish bare-knuckle boxer.
1838[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Benjamin Bindoff[1] 1838[2] Shoreditch, London, England |
| Died | 1899 (aged 60)[3] Brighton, England |
| Years active | 1853–1865 |
| Height | 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm) (1865)[4] |
| Weight | 10 st 12 lb (152 lb; 69 kg) (1865)[4] |
| Sport | |
| Country | England |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Weight class | Super welter |
Bandoff's first match was on 20 September 1853, having been matched against Jerry Duggan for £10 a side. The battle, which continued for 75 rounds, was interrupted by the approach of darkness, and the match was drawn. Bandoff next fought George Sims, and was beaten by him on 8 November 1854 and on 17 May 1858.[5][6] Four years later, however, Bandoff retrieved his reputation as a fighter when he met and defeated Hopkinson after a battle of 28 rounds (9 April 1862). This victory was followed by another on 8 September 1863, when Bandoff defeated Australian boxer Frederick "Black Billy" Jackson at Home Circuit after 40 rounds.[7] On the same spot he fought 86 rounds with Callaghan; but owing to darkness the match terminated in a draw. Bandoff's last appearance in the prize-ring was at Thames Haven on 14 February 1865, when he was beaten by Jack Smith, the "Brighton Doctor," after a contest of 16 rounds.[8] He worked as a leather merchant in Brighton, where he died in 1899.[9]
His grandson was historian Stanley Bindoff.[9][10]
