Elias, Samuel (Dutch Sam)

Elias, Samuel (Dutch Sam)
(1775–1816)
   Boxing champion. A popular pugilist and the originator of the upper-cut, Elias was considered by his contemporaries to be the hardest hitter the prize ring had ever seen. Beginning in 1801 he had many triumphs in the ring but died in abject poverty, his health ruined by his profession.

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