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James Figg (before 1700 [a] – 8 December 1734; also spelt James Fig [5]) 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.
Digg was formerly a popular social news website, allowing people to vote user-generated and web content up or down, called digging and burying, respectively. In 2012, Quantcast estimated Digg's monthly U.S. unique visits at 3.8 million. [4] Digg's popularity prompted the creation of similar sites such as Reddit. [5]
Anton Fig (born 8 August 1952) is a South African session drummer, perhaps best known as the drummer and second-in-command for Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band. [1]
His mentor was James Figg, whose boxing booth Taylor had fought in since 1719. [2] Taylor took over Figg's "Great Booth" in Tottenham Court Road after Figg's death in 1734. [3] One of the main attractions at Taylor's establishment was Jack Broughton, the leading boxer of the era, but Taylor and Broughton soon fell out and the latter opened his ...
Figg is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Christopher Figg (born 1957), English film producer; Eugene Figg (1936–2002), American structural engineer; George Figg (1824–1888), English cricketer; James Figg (before 1700–1734), English bare-knuckle boxer; William Douglas Figg, Sr. (born 1963) American pharmacologist
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Joseph David Thompson (born November 8, 1973), better known by his stage name JT the Bigga Figga (also known as Figg Panamera), is an American rapper, ...
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