Barney Aaron

Barney Aaron (21 November 1800 at Aldgate – 1850 in Whitechapel, London, England) was an English bare-knuckle boxer.

Barney Aaron
Statistics
Nickname(s)"The Star of the East"
Weight(s)Around 138 lb (63 kg), lightweight
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
NationalityEnglish
Born(1800-11-21)21 November 1800
Aldgate, London, England
Died1850, age 49
Whitechapel, London, England[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights11
Wins7
Losses4

The father of Hall of Famer Young Barney Aaron began boxing in 1819, and became a leading lightweight contender in the 1820s, arguably the top rated lightweight of the era in England.[2] Known as The Star of the East, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001.[1]

Selected bouts
7 Wins, 4 Losses[2]
Result Opponent Date Location Duration Notes
Win William Connelly 1819 ---- 16 rounds, 30 mins
Loss Tom Collins 19 May 1823 Moulsey Hurst, Surrey, Eng. Stopped due to injury, 30 minutes
Win Ned Stockton 6 May 1823 Blindlow Heath, Sussex, Eng. 40 rounds
Win Lenney 5 August 1823 Harpenden Common, Eng. 11 rounds
Win Lenney 11 November 1823 Moulsey Hurst 21 rounds Lenney was outmatched and quit the fight
Win Frank Redmond 30 December 1823 Moulsey Hurst 29 rounds Aaron dominated til Redmond's seconds stopped the bout
Win Peter Warren 6 April 1824 Colbrook, England 29 rounds Threw Warren twice and gained decisive knockout
Loss Arthur Matthewson 21 June 1824 Near Colbrook 57 rounds Appeared to lead in late rounds 42-49, but fell
behind in later rounds and was knocked out in 56th
Loss Dick Curtis 27 Feb 1827 Andover, England 50 minutes For £100, Aaron knocked out in brutal loss
Win Frank Redmond 23 Oct 1827 Near St. Albans, England 42 Rounds
Loss Tom Smith 1 April 1834 Greenstreet Green, Kent, England 20 Rounds Last fight

See also

Notes
  1. "Barney Aaron". Boxing Hall of Fame. International Boxing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. Roberts, James, and Skutt, Alexander,Boxing Register, (2006) International Boxing Hall of Fame, McBooks Press, Ithaca, New York, pg. 14
  3. Had little chance against Aaron in "Third Fight", The Ipswich Journal, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, pg. 2, 9 August 1823
  4. "Battle Between Two Lightweights", The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Bristol, England, pg. 1, 17 November 1823
  5. "Fight Between Barney Aaron and Peter Warren", The Morning Chronicle, London, Greater London, England, pg. 4, 7 April 1824
  6. "Boxing, Two Great Fights", The Morning Post, London, Greater London, pg. 3, 22 June 1824
  7. Jews may have made up the majority of the crowd and late fight details in "Pugilism", The Observer, London, Greater London, England, pg. 2, 28 June 1824
  8. 100 pounds a side in "Sporting Correspondence", The Era, London, Greater London, 10 December 1848
  9. "Dick Curtis". Cyber Boxing Zone. Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  10. "Dick Curtis and Barney Aaron", The Morning Chronicle, London, Greater London, England, pg. 4, 28 February 1827
  11. "Singular Conflagrations", The Observer, London, Greater, England, pg. 1, 5 March 1827
  12. "Barney Aaron and Frank Redmond", The Morning Chronicle, London, Greater London, England, pg. 3, 24 October 1827
  13. "Easter Sports", The Morning Chronicle, Greater, London, England, pg. 4, 2 April 1834
  14. "Manly Sports", The Morning Chronicle, London, Greater London, England, pg. 1, 14 March`1840
  15. "Broome's Benefit", The Era, London, Greater London, England, pg. 11, 8 March 1846
  16. Supported Lionel de Rothschild's election with Aby Belasco in "The English Elections-The Character of the Next Parliament", The New York Daily Herald, New York, New York, pg. 1, 24 August 1847
  17. "Rothschild Archives Politics". Lionel Nathan de Rothschild Politics. The Rothschild Archives. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  18. "Grand Boxing Match", The Northern Liberator, pg. 3, 23 February 1839
  19. Constable in London in "Police", The Standard, London, England, pg. 4, 1 December 1846
  20. Two men robbed his neighborhood in "Police Intelligence", The Morning Chronicle, London, England, pg. 4, 10 April 1835
  21. Seconded in "The Great Fight Between Caunt and Bendigo", The New York Daily Herald, New York, New York, pg. 1, 4 October 1845
  22. Levi, Harry (1911). Jewish Characters in Fiction: English Literature. Jewish Chautauqua society. pp. 160–. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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