William Hague (boxer)

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William Ian 'Iron' Hague was a boxer who was the British Heavyweight Champion between 1908 and 1911. He was born on November 6, 1885 in Mexborough, South Yorkshire.

One of his descendants has said on the web "There are a number of family stories about Iron Hague. One was that he worked in an iron foundry where they cast anvils. He used to be able to straight arm lift 2 anvils, one on each arm and would challenge any man working at the foundry to do the same and he would pay them a pound... he did not pay up very often, if at all!."