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John Jackson (English boxer)

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Gentleman John Jackson was a celebrated pugilist of the late 1700s. Although his claim to the championship spanned one year in 1795, he would make a fortune from boxing lessons given to nobles, politicians and other distinguished men. Lord Byron relates in his diary that he received instruction in boxing from Jackson at his highly frequented Bond Street academy.

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