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Benjamin ("Big Ben") Brain (1753 – 8 April 1794) was a bareknuckle prizefighter who took the championship of all England in 1791 against the reigning champion Tom Johnson and continued to claim it until 1794. A collier by trade, he was a valiant fighter whose career spanned twenty years.

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  • Benjamin Brain (en)
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  • Benjamin ("Big Ben") Brain (1753 – 8 April 1794) was a bareknuckle prizefighter who took the championship of all England in 1791 against the reigning champion Tom Johnson and continued to claim it until 1794. A collier by trade, he was a valiant fighter whose career spanned twenty years. (en)
  • Benjamin Brain (* 1753; † 8. April 1794) war ein englischer Boxer in der Bare-knuckle-Ära. Er hatte eine 20-jährige Karriere und wurde im Jahre 1994 in die International Boxing Hall of Fame aufgenommen. (de)
  • Benjamin Brain est un boxeur anglais combattant à mains nues né en 1753 à Bristol et mort le 8 avril 1794 à Londres. (fr)
  • Benjamin Brain detto Big Ben (Bristol, 1753 – Londra, 8 aprile 1794) è stato un pugile inglese, campione d'inghilterra e del mondo nel 1791. L'ascesa di Brain è considerato un punto di riferimento della storia della boxe. Con lui termina la fase del pugilato in cui i contendenti si ponevano uno avanti all'altro e cominciavano a scagliarsi pugni finché uno non cedeva. I pugili che verranno dopo di lui adotteranno delle tattiche e perfezioneranno i rozzi metodi di combattimento fino ad allora utilizzati. (it)
  • Benjamin Brain (ur. 1753 w Bristolu, zm. 8 kwietnia 1794 w Londynie) – angielski bokser z okresu walk na gołe pięści. Karierę bokserską rozpoczął w 1774. Po zwycięstwach nad Jackiem Cleytonem, Johnem Boone i Williamem Corballym był wiodącym bokserem wagi ciężkiej. Po trzech latach, kiedy nie został wyłoniony nowy mistrz zgodził się powrócić na ring jako obrońca tytułu i w lutym 1794 stoczyć walkę z Willem Woodem. Złożony chorobą w trakcie przygotowań musiał ją odwołać a dwa miesiące później zmarł pozostając niepokonanym mistrzem. W roku 1994 został wybrany do International Boxing Hall of Fame. (pl)
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  • Benjamin Brain (en)
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  • Big Ben (en)
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  • London, England (en)
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