London’s First Open Air Boxing Contest (1922)

White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London. Full titles read: “LONDON’S FIRST OPEN AIR BOXING CONTEST - 7,000 spectators see Bloomfield defeat Lloyd and Seaman Hall beat Rossi. Intertitle reads: “Jim Smith beat Pat King for Dockland Settlement Championship.“ Various shots of a boxing match in progress one of the fighter has a moustache (it could possibly be the Jim Smith and Pat King match) Intertitle reads: “A roar greeted Wally Packard and Joe Bowker’s famous Comic Boxing Match. L/S of Joe Bowker and Wally Packard perform a variety of comical boxing moves in the ring, including moving around the ring in slow motion and falling over in a number of comical ways. Various footage of other boxing matches underway. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters