Bob Gregson billed as "The Lancashire Giant" was a bare-knuckle fighter of the early 19th-century. He was a ferry captain and the owner of a chophouse in Holborn in London. A bust of Gregson is located in the Royal Academy.

Isaac Haim Bitton, sometimes Bittoon, was a Dutch Jewish bare-knuckle boxer who is most notable for a fight with George Maddox that lasted 74 rounds.