Heenan Collection

Sayers V Heenan 1860
English champion Tom Sayers fights the American challenger for the belt. Unresolved, the fight is stopped by the police

The Great Fight for the Championship

John C Heenan, boxer

Heenan and Froude test bench at Pobjoy Airmotors Ltd

Early woman police officer, Mrs Lornas Heenan, in uniform with peaked cap. Date: 1910s

Bishop, architect and future cathedral
Frederick Gibberd, architect of the catholic Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool, fondly nicknamed Paddys Wigwam by local residents

John C. Heenan, The Benicia Boy - champion of the world. John C. Heenan, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, in boxing stance. Date c1860. John C

Maces challenge to Heenan & Sayers. Date c1882 May 25. Maces challenge to Heenan & Sayers. Date c1882 May 25

John C. Heenan, Champion of the World. (The Benicia Boy.) Born in West Troy, New York, May 2 1835, Height 6 feet 1 1/2 inches, Fighting weight from 185 to 195 lbs

Yankee Doodle on His Muscle. Or the way the Benicia Boy astonished the English Men. John C. Heenan (1835-1873) and Thomas Sayers (1826-1865) Date: ca. 1860

Sayers Gets the Belt
Tom " Little Wonder" Sayers and John " Benicia Boy" Heenan both receive belts after their epic 37 round contest ended in a draw

Sayers and Heenan boxing
Tom Sayers squares up to John Heenan in the most celebrated prize fight of the nineteenth century. It eventually concluded as a draw

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