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===Reclaiming the heavyweight championship, 1853===
After a victory against [[Harry Orme]] in 1853, Broome signed articles for another match with Perry but forfeited the deposit on the match fee rather than fight. Broome also wrote to the editor of the sporting paper Bell's Life in August 1853, when he "intimated his intention of retiring from the Prize Ring".<ref name="Dowling - Bell's Life Broome">{{cite book |last1=Dowling |first1=Frank L. |title=Fights for the Championship and Celebrated Prize Battles, Or, Accounts of All the Battles for the Championship |date=1855 |publisher=Bell's Life |location=London |page=255 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tPD0iUdQ_rwC&pg=PR1&dq=tipton+slasher&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q=tipton%20slasher&f=false |accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bell's Life 14 August 1853">{{cite news |title=The Championship. Retirement of Harry Broome |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18530814/098/0008 |accessdate=15 February 2019 |work=Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle |via=The British Newspaper Archive |date=14 August 1853|page=8|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Perry then claimed the Championship title again.<ref name="Pugilistica"/>
In early 1855, fight supporters commissioned a new championship belt, the previous one "having gone astray".<ref name="Fights for the championship"/> The subscription raised £100 and a [[Bond Street]] jeweller was asked to make the new belt. At this date there were thought to be 5 possible contenders for the Championship: Perry, Harry Broome, Harry Orme, Tom Paddock and Aaron Jones.<ref name="Fights for the championship"/>
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