The Tipton Slasher Heavyweight Boxing Champion

William Perry was a legendary 19th-century bare-knuckle boxer known as The Tipton Slasher. He famously secured the English heavyweight championship after a grueling twenty-seven round brawl.

During the 1850s, the world of prize fighting was vastly different from today, relying on raw endurance and grit. Perry earned his fearsome nickname from his hometown of Tipton and became a dominant force in the brutal circuit of the era. His victory over Tom Paddock remains one of the most notable endurance feats in early British boxing history. Though his championship claims were occasionally disputed, his reputation as a ferocious fighter endured for decades.