Billy Edwards(1844-1907)
Although born in England, lightweight boxer Billy Edwards had his
greatest successes in America, and was the American lightweight
champion in the late 1860s and early 1870s. After retiring from
fighting, Edwards remained active as a trainer and writer. He trained
the renowned John L. Sullivan for several fights, and also wrote about
boxing. Well after his retirement from the ring, Edwards appeared in
the Edison Company film Billy Edwards and the Unknown (1895), in which he fought a brief exhibition
match.