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Caunt denied this accusation and announced his retirement, only to return for a final attempt at the heavyweight crown 12 years later.
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Caunt and accusation
Caunt denies the accusation and announces his retirement, leaving Bendigo as undisputed champion.
Caunt and retirement
Caunt is now the undisputed English champion, especially as Ward announces his retirement.
Caunt and return
* 11 May — return bout between Caunt and Ward is won fairly by Caunt who knocks out Ward in the 35th round.
* 3 April — in his return fight with Ben Caunt, William " Bendigo " Thompson is disqualified in the 75th round for going down without being struck.
Caunt and for
* 2 February — Ben Caunt fights Nicholas Ward at Crookham Common for the Championship of England.
The referee disqualifies Caunt in the 7th round for allegedly striking Ward when he is down.
* William " Bendigo " Thompson contemplates a comeback but no one will challenge Ben Caunt for his English Championship.
He fights Ben Caunt at Stony Stratford for the Championship of England and is victorious after 93 rounds when Caunt is disqualified for going down without having been struck.
On July 21, 1835, Caunt boxed William " Bendigo " Thompson and was disqualified for an alleged foul striking Thompson while he was sitting in his corner.
On April 3, 1838, Caunt again fought William Thompson on Skipworth Common, and after 75 rounds Thompson was disqualified for going down without being struck ; Caunt claimed the Heavyweight Championship of England but this was not generally accepted.
Then in 1841 on February 2 Caunt fought Nick Ward on Crookham Common for the Heavyweight Championship of England where the crowd forced the referee to disqualify Caunt for an alleged blow striking Ward while he was down.
Memorial to Ben Caunt in St Mary Magdalene churchyard. In 1845 he was challenged for the English heavyweight title by William Thompson.
* 21 July — in a non-title bout between two future contenders, Ben Caunt is disqualified for an alleged foul, striking William " Bendigo " Thompson when Thompson is sitting in his corner.
Caunt and final
In his final fight on 21 September 1857, Caunt fought Nat Langham at Home Circuit where after 60 rounds both men were too exhausted to continue and a draw was declared.
The current champion of the prize ring was Benjamin Caunt, who had fought terrific battles with Bendigo, and who in 1857 lasted sixty rounds of a drawn contest in his final appearance at the age of 42.
Caunt and at
In 1837, Caunt fought and beat on August 17 William Butler at Stoneyford and on November 4 Bill Boniford at Sunrise Hill.
In 1840 on October 26 Caunt defeated Bill Brassey at Six Mile Bottom in 101 rounds.
Caunt avenged this defeat on May 11 of the same year, defeating Ward in 35 rounds at Long Marsden to become the Heavyweight Champion of England.
On September 9 Caunt lost at Stoney Stratford with a disputable decision after 93 rounds where it was alleged that Caunt went down without a blow striking him.
Between 1845 and 1851 Caunt worked as farm labourer and then became the landlord of " The Coach and Horses " pub at St. Martin's Lane, a business that made him very prosperous until a fire destroyed the pub and killed two of his children.
As Caunt at one period scaled 17 stone ( 238 lbs, or 108 kilogrammes ), his nickname was Big Ben, and that was readily bestowed by the populace on any object the heaviest of its class.
Caunt and heavyweight
Ben Caunt ( 22 March 1815 – 10 September 1861 ) was a 19th century English bare-knuckle boxer who became the " heavyweight " boxing champion known as the " Torkard Giant " and " Big Ben ".
Caunt and .
* The English title is again disputed and claims to it are made by Burke, Ben Caunt and Nicholas Ward, brother of Jem Ward.
* The third contender Ben Caunt enhances his title claim by defeating Bill Brassey in a fight lasting 101 rounds.
Caunt inists he did no such thing and, as in the Burke fight, Ward's backers are accused of fixing the result.
* 10 September — Ben Caunt goes to America hoping to arrange a fight with Tom Hyer which would decide an inaugural World Championship.
However, Hyer declines to fight Caunt.
Other noted champions were Jack Broughton, Daniel Mendoza, Jem Belcher, Hen Pearce, John Gully, Tom Cribb, Tom Spring, Jem Ward, James Burke, William " Bendigo " Thompson, Caitlin " Swan " McDonald, Ben Caunt, Tom Sayers and Jem Mace.
It is after Ben Caunt that the bell Big Ben is named.
Caunt was born on March 22, 1815 in Hucknall Torkard in Nottinghamshire in England.
On June 24 Caunt was scheduled to again fight William Thompson but the bout was cancelled.
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