Young Barney Aaron

The son of Hall of Fame boxer Barney Aaron, he emigrated to the United States around 1853, and began boxing in 1856.

[1][2] Young Barney Aaron was born on July 27, 1836, probably at Duke's Palace in the Aldgate section of London where his father was known to reside.

Modified in 1853, only three years before young Barney began his professional career, the Rules stated the ring should be 24 square feet (2.2 m2), surrounded by two ropes.

[1][3] After losing the title the following year to Patrick "Scotty" Brannagan around October 18, 1858, on a foul, he entered a seven-year period of inactivity to recover and because there were few boxers who wished to face him in a match.

[3][5] He returned to the ring after a hiatus close to seven years around July 20, 1866, and lost a 47-round attempt to regain the title against French-born American pugilist Sam Collyer.

Collyer was a Union Civil War Veteran and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor while fighting for the 139th New York Volunteers.

Aaron applied some of his celebrated "scientific boxing" technique, knocking both thieves down into the street, after first having retrieved the reverend's gold watch, which he returned.