Daniel Mendoza Appreciation

There's a two page article in The Jewish Chronicle dated 14th August 2026 called "The bruising tale of British Jews and boxing"

For obvious reasons out of respect of the publishers and authors and it being so fresh I won't publish a full exact high res copy, but just enough to know it's there and entice looking out for it

On July 14, 1789, while revolutionaries were storming the Bastille in Paris to ignite the French Revolution, the British press and public were captivated by a different kind of clash: the epic second bare-knuckle boxing match between English champion Daniel Mendoza and his rival Richard Humphries.

The legendary fight at Stilton so heavily captured the public imagination in the United Kingdom that it actually pushed the breaking news of the French uprising off the front pages of several British newspapers the following day.

On Mother Kelly’s Doorstep

https://youtu.be/2xOirOT3cM4

Lyrics

… I've just been lingering all alone
Down Paradise Row
When I was a kiddie I'd a sweetheart
And down there we would go
I'd call her Nellie and she'd call me Joe
And we would romp there hand in hand
Then we'd both sit down on a doorstep there
And picture the future grand

… On Mother Kelly's doorstep
Down Paradise Row
I'd sit along Nellie
She'd sit along Joe
She's got a little hole in her frock
A hole in her shoe
A hole in her stocking where her toe peeps through
Nellie was the smartest down our alley
On Mother Kelly's doorstep

… I'm wondering now
If my little girl Nellie
If she remembers Joe, her beau
And does she love me like she used to

… On Mother Kelly's doorstep
Down Paradise Row

… On Mother Kelly's doorstep
Down Paradise Row
I'd sit along Nellie
She'd sit along Joe
She's got a little hole in her frock
A hole in her shoe
A hole in her stocking where her toe peeps through
Nellie was the smartest down our alley
On Mother Kelly's doorstep

… I'm wondering now
If my little girl Nellie
Remembers Joe, her little beau, she'd love to know
And does she, does she love me like she used to

… On Mother Kelly's doorstep
Down Paradise Row

Danny La Rue: 'On Mother Kelly's Doorstep' (1981) Danny La Rue performs 'On Mother Kelly's Doorstep' in a special Mus...

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Recently published. This is AI generated. Some inaccurate information within, but some good points.

Sophia Mendoza (1793-1855): The evil daughter of boxer Daniel Mendoza What happens when the daughter of a celebrated Jewish hero chooses ...

"How Daniel Mendoza invented the uppercut"
https://youtube.com/shorts/QeC2HmXQVQM

Boxing Zone 48 likes. "How Daniel Mendoza Invented the Uppercut"

The remaining part of the Novo Cemetery within the grounds of Queen Mary, University of London, in Mile End.
Graves here date from 1887 in the top corner to 1904 in bottom right with odd 1918/21/28 amongst them.

Daniel Mendoza is quoted in Elly Griffiths' fictional novel, The Frozen People. Chapter 4, page 27.

Watch from 1min56. Blue Plaque for two pugilists to be revealed May 2026.

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