Joe Coburn
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Joe Coburn was an Irish-American boxer. In 1862 he claimed the Heavyweight Championship from John Carmel Heenan based on Heenan refusing to fight him. Mike McCoole claimed Coburn's title in 1866 after Coburn retired. Coburn came out of retirement in 1871 against Jem Mace
. The first fight between the two was broken up by police before a blow was struck. In the second fight, Mace injured his hand in the fifth round and the fighters agreed to call it a draw.
Jem Mace
Jem Mace was an English boxing champion. He was born at Beeston, Norfolk. Although nicknamed "The Gypsy", he denied Romani ethnicity in his autobiography...
. The first fight between the two was broken up by police before a blow was struck. In the second fight, Mace injured his hand in the fifth round and the fighters agreed to call it a draw.