James Leak was a bare-knuckle prize fighter who was born in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom.
James Leak was a resident of East Runton, Norfolk around the early part of the 19th century.
He lived in one of six thatched cottage that once stood on the cliff top near Runton gap.
He went to his forge in West Runton and rested his foot on his anvil and with one mighty blow removed the infected toe with a hammer and chisel.
He made a full recovery and his home surgery seems to have had little effect on the man as he continued his prize-fighting and lived to the age of 82.