Benjamin (“Big Ben”) Brain outweighed most men and even most professional fighters in the England of the 1780s. A coal miner by trade, Brain was a valiant fighter whose career spanned twenty years. Brain was born in the port city of Bristol, in southwestern England. His first recorded fight took place in 1774, when he defeated Jack Clayton, the champion of Kingswood. In 1786, when Brain battled John Boone (“The Fighting Grenadier”), … Wikipedia
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