1860 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Baseball

National championship

Events

Boxing

Events

  • 17 April — one of the most famous fights of the bareknuckle era takes place at Farnborough, Hampshire, when English Champion Tom Sayers meets American Champion John C. Heenan in what is effectively a World Championship bout. After 42 rounds, the crowd breaks into the ring and the fight is stopped, both boxers having taken heavy punishment, although Heenan seemingly had the advantage. The result is a draw.[1]
  • 20 May — Sayers is awarded a special Silver Championship Belt to commemorate the fight and he now announces his retirement from boxing. Heenan is awarded a duplicate belt.[2]
  • But the brutality of the fight is widely publicised and gives rise to condemnation of the sport by a public that is increasingly influenced by Victorian ethics and morality. The legacy of the Heenan–Sayers fight is that it will bring about the demise of bareknuckle fighting in England.
  • 5 November — Tom Paddock fights Sam Hurst for the vacant Heavyweight Championship of England at a venue in Berkshire. Hurst wins in only five rounds and is awarded the championship belt by Tom Sayers. This is Paddock's final fight.[3]

Cricket

Events

England

Football

Events

Golf

Major tournaments

Horse racing

Events

  • Inaugural running of the Queen's Plate in Canada is won by Don Juan

England

Canada

Rowing

The Boat Race

Other events

References

  1. Cyber Boxing Zone – John C. Heenan. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.
  2. Cyber Boxing Zone – Tom Sayers. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.
  3. Cyber Boxing Zone – Sam Hurst. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.
  4. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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