Benjamin Bandoff
English boxer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- boxer
Benjamin Bindoff (1838–1899), known as Benjamin Bandoff, was a 19th-century English-Jewish bare-knuckle boxer.
Bandoff's first match was on 20 September 1853, having been matched against Jerry Duggan for £10 a side. The battle, which continued for 75 rounds, was interrupted by the approach of darkness, and the match was drawn. Bandoff next fought George Sims, and was beaten by him on 8 November 1854 and on 17 May 1858. Four years later, however, Bandoff retrieved his reputation as a fighter when he met and defeated Hopkinson after a battle of 28 rounds (9 April 1862). This victory was followed by another on 8 September 1863, when Bandoff defeated Australian boxer Frederick "Black Billy" Jackson at Home Circuit after 40 rounds. On the same spot he fought 86 rounds with Callaghan; but owing to darkness the match terminated in a draw. Bandoff's last appearance in the prize-ring was at Thames Haven on 14 February 1865, when he was beaten by Jack Smith, the "Brighton Doctor," after a contest of 16 rounds.
He worked as a leather merchant in Brighton, where he died in 1899.
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