The Female Bare-Knuckle Prizefighters Of Georgian London | Fight Club | Absolute History
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- Actor Sean Bean narrates this four-part documentary, which focuses on the history of one-on-one combat and how people have used organised fighting - to gamble, aid diplomatic relations, settle scores and protect personal honour, for example - throughout the ages. Four eras of fighting are covered in the series - Victorian, Georgian, Elizabethan and Tudor - and each hour-long episode brings to life the duels, the pugilism and the fascination Britain has had with this grim form of entertainment. Witness the rise of female warriors, including Britain's first prizefighter superstar Elizabeth Wilkinson Stokes, plus the impact of Charles Dickens and the evolution of combat rules, marking a transformative era in London's tumultuous past.
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Welp, looks like it's time to watch a 3 hour documentary about a topic I didn't know existed 3 minutes ago and I'm so here for it
Wow! Samesies! 😂❤🎉
Yep lol
Me too. It's on, I'm excited for it!
History beats movie any time, thank you for posting.👏
All you light weights complaining bout 3 hrs but I'm happy. This will take me up to bedtime
Thank you Absolute History
Lol I just came to the comments after hitting the 44 min mark and thinking it was ending. Then I realized it was 3 hours. I ain't mad about it... but I am presently surprised.
Grew up watching my dad bare knuckle fight. By the time he was 40, he could hardly write. Lucky my mom was a nurse practitioner and I believe that kept him fighting longer than most. He passed away in 2021 from alcoholic cirrhosis. He wasnt a great dad most of the time but he was a good boxer.
The Georgian period was nuts, way out there in both social custom and in sports interest. Just about anything went!
That library is INCREDIBLE!❤
I would know that fellow Yorkshire accent anywhere! Mr Sean Bean, hello!😂✌️💜🇬🇧
Yeah 20 seconds in I was like that's Ned Stark.
He's from Handsworth. I always remember that because he was Hand of the King in GoT.
Is that the great Sean Beans' Voice.
I had no idea that women were involved in bare-knuckle boxing in Georgian London. It’s amazing how they defied the social norms and expectations of their time and fought for their own survival and dignity. I admire their courage and skill.
Women bare-knuckle street fighting for their survival and dignity?
Errm, what they were doing was and is a total indignity for women.
And lots of poor women survived without becoming a boxer or a prostitute. Particularly if they relied on God.
There's no genuine excuse for certain professions.
Ah, yeah, but if men defied societal norms.. How dare he? It looks special because it's women, but I bet one modern transwoman would crush them.
So, basically, this was Florida before Florida became Florida...
I mean probably yes. Haha
Excited for this!
Omfg I was about to write that the narrator sounds EXACTLY like Sean Bean then I go to check the description to see if it actually is him and IT IS!!! LOVE SEAN BEAN!
History repeats itself if left unchecked...Great expansion and constant war existed all over the globe during the Georgian period and the gap between fabulous wealth and extreme poverty had never been wider --- until now!?!? Yikes.
It seem to be our human nature to be violent
@@run2cat4run 😢😭
❤❤ Sean Bean ❤❤
I'm not surprised. There were female gladiators.
Thanks.
Shhhhushh!! The books might hear you!!!
Just checking in with my fellow ADHD crew 👋 good to see you in the comments
Cecily Fay! Always love to see her crop up in documentary historical recreations.
Come on Netflix, where’s the miniseries!? Real strong, historic fighting women. It practically writes itself. 👩🏻 🤜
Exactly....Maybe because they want to make them Black First. 🖤
@@arnowisp6244 😂
I had a big girlfriend she was 6 ft tall and 170lbs and she would back me up.
Tragedy Period Times in Georgian London!
Wow, female bare knuckle boxing, who'd have thought ?! I've never heard of such a thing before, have you ?! 🥊
Could you add time stamps in the description so we know when each chapter starts?
No stupid to ask...don't watch if you re not smart enough to follow
Medeviel armour would be good for future robotics
Reminds me of Assassins Creed Syndicate where you can play as a woman and fight opponents.
Nah 3 hours is crazy💀☠
Indeed, crazy good.
Crazy like a fox!
Could take breaks
Okay
Wooow 😍
sic
Arul to hear this referred to as cat fighting
Who’s the narrator? I know the voice but can’t put a name with it
boromir
Its Ed Stark
Sean bean
Firs- wait 3 HOURS!
Why did we not know anything about female bare knuckle fighters back in Georgian era?
Because whats the first rule of Female Georgian Fight club? Nobody talks about the Female Georgian Fight club
Shut up not funny
😂
Someone do a movie, call it brawl babes 😊
So it was the entertainment round?
Ick
@@willtubman6674he has a point. Female gladiators in ancient Rome were essentially considered goofy comedy acts to warm up the audience before the main show began, essentially making them antiquity's version of the Looney Tunes shorts that used to be played in cinemas ahead of the feature film.
The BBC series only first hour is about women.
The thing I 'love' about the 'UK', is that all the 'experts' are upper middle class with zero idea of poverty even through acquaintances. Don't they see the irony in this? Especially as we move towards Victorian (not Georgian times, yet) again?
How do you know that??
I could swear I've seen this video before...
Edit: They posted a part of it three months ago. That's so annoying. There's no indication in that one that it's part of a series. wtf
15 minutes of content stretched out; all blow, no show.
Wimin is cumin
Das sollte staatich gefördert werden...
Why is this 3 hours!!! FFS 🤦🏻♂️
You don't have to watch if you don't want, you know.
I set the playback speed to 1.25 which helped ...
A lot of untold history to catch up on.
@@geekogenno shite sherlock...
Could take breaks
Wait... what is a female?
A female is a timeless and brave expression of stunningness and braveness in a timeless brave and stunning sort of way.
It’s just something they made up for Anime. Overused trope.
@@LookToWindwardlmao love it. Unlike the tomboy.
Gross
Like your face
I call Bull💩. They're always rewriting events.
Explain?
@@run2cat4run History is always being nudged in the direction of the cause du jour. The strong woman trope currently pervades all forms of media. Athey never show you the original documents to support their claims either.
@mimetype wth are you talking about
@mimetype after watching the first part of these doc, I really don't know what you are talking about. "Strong woman trope"... did you even watch this? No one is calling these women strong. They were mostly poor immigrant women from Ireland.
@@jrmckim If you can't get a simple point then you should try tackling something more remedial
Oh look, a woke history channel taking a few minor exceptions and inflating them into a full and robust history. Excuse me whilst I don't indulge your fantasies. What a waste of Sean Bean. Smh.
No one asked you to watch this!
Woke history?? How?? Are you insecure?? Or just ignorant?? Ive known about this since early 2ks. So how does this go along with wokeness?
After watching the 1st part of this documentary... I know you didn't watch even 15 minutes of it. It has absolutely nothing to do with the current wokeness. The name of this is called Fight Club. The 1st part is about the female fighters of the 1700s. The 2nd and 3rd part of about men. 🤦🏻♀️ Maybe next time watch it before guessing what it's about.
What you mean is females being able do things men are known for can cause weak people to feel emasculated..
If you watched you'd know it did nothing of the sort.