Harry Broome: Difference between revisions

Broome defended the heavyweight championship of England only once successfully against [[Harry Orme|Henry Orme]] on a warm 18 April 1853, winning in a thirty-one round fight in Brandon, Suffolk, that lasted 2 hours, and eighteen minutes. The substantial purse was £500 with £250 per side, and the audience numbered in the thousands. Broome was roughly two inches taller than his adversary, but described as fleshy and not as fit in appearance, with the skin "loose on his arms". He may have lost some conditioning during his work as a pub keeper between fights.<ref>{{cite book|title=Famous fights, past and present|date=1901|location=London|volume=2|page=218|url=https://archive.org/stream/famousfights1#page/216/mode/2up/search/Harry+Orme|accessdate=24 April 2018}}</ref> He likely fought as a light heavyweight at best, as his competition weight was not known to exceed 175. Regardless of his condition, the bout was described as one of his best, and he fought convincingly.<ref name="Pugilistica"/><ref name=CBZ/><ref>For 500 pounds, Broome was fleshy, in "Pugilism", ''Reynold's Newspaper'', London, England, pg. 5, 24 April 1853</ref><ref>Audience of 1000's in "Pugilism", ''The Newcastle Weekly Courant'', Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, pg. 3, 22 April 1853</ref><ref name="Ex-Champion"/>