jodaVE Â Â 10 #1 Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Hi Does anyone remember the bare knuckle fights in Sheffield? If so does anyone know of someone fighting under the name of - 'cheesecake charlie'? His proper name was James Edward Davies commonly known Eddie if this help[s Edited February 21, 2018 by jodaVE To give more information Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981 Â Â 10 #2 Posted February 19, 2018 Hi Does anyone remember the bare-knuckle fights in Sheffield? If so does anyone know of someone fighting under the name of - 'cheesecake charlie'? Â I assume you mean staged fights with an audience, as I am sure most of us have seen and probably been involved in quite a few bare-knuckle scraps in our time. Just out of curiosity what timeframe are we looking at. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
canetoad   10 #3 Posted February 19, 2018 If we are looking at the early 1930s my dad used to fight as Kid Socks but I can't remember him mentioning Ceesecake Charlie good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Electerrific   14 #4 Posted February 19, 2018 I used to work with a large guy called John Gee who said he used to do bare knuckling, sometimes at the back of the Roxy nightclub. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jodaVE   10 #5 Posted February 19, 2018 I assume you mean staged fights with an audience, as I am sure most of us have seen and probably been involved in quite a few bare-knuckle scraps in our time. Just out of curiosity what timeframe are we looking at.  Probably late 20's - early 30's.He was my uncle  ---------- Post added 19-02-2018 at 21:16 ----------  I assume you mean staged fights with an audience, as I am sure most of us have seen and probably been involved in quite a few bare-knuckle scraps in our time. Just out of curiosity what timeframe are we looking at.  Probably late 20's - early 30's.He was my uncle and I am trying to fill in some gaps as he was a bit of a rogue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Calahonda   11 #6 Posted February 20, 2018 Danny Shenton in the 1960’s, was Doncaster based but spent a lot of time in Sheffield, I believe that he fought in big money bare knuckle fights in the USA, none of the regular Sheffield hard men would go anywhere near him in anger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...