# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-figg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:13:16.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-figg"
name: "James Figg"
slug: "james-figg"
description: "James Figg was an English prizefighter and instructor in historical European martial arts. While Figg primarily fought with weapons including short swords, quarterstaffs, and cudgels, he also played a role in boxing's development. In 1719, he opened a London fighting venue that could seat more than 1,000 spectators and was one of the first of its kind. In 1725, he organised and promoted modern history's first international boxing match at his amphitheatre. He claimed to have won more than 200 matches during his career, and was posthumously considered the first boxing champion."
tagline: "British boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Figg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1695"
deathDate: "1734-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.88
  momentum:             0.4899777282850781
  historical:           11.18420133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джеймс Фігг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "جيمس فيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg"
    title: "James Figg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg"
    title: "James Figg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg"
    title: "James Figg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg"
    title: "James Figg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg"
    title: "James Figg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg"
    title: "James Figg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ジェームズ・フィグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg"
    title: "James Figg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Фигг, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg"
    title: "James Figg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "เจมส์ ฟิกก์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump