Samuel Elias (also known as Dutch Sam April 4, 1775 in Petticoat Lane, London – July 3 1816), was a professional boxing pioneer and was active between the years 1801 and 1814. Known as the hardest hitter of his era, he earned the nickname "The Man with the Iron Hand".[1]
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Dutch Sam is known as "the discoverer of the right hand uppercut. In his day it was called an undercut. Dutch Sam created havoc with the new blow until a new way was found to block it." [2]
Dutch Sam was "feared as the deadliest puncher of the London Prize Ring" [3]
Dutch Sam was elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, "Pioneer" Category.
Dutch Sam features as a character in Rodney Stone, a Gothic mystery and boxing novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Dutch Sam's son, Young Dutch Sam, was also a boxing pioneer. He grew up in the same town as fellow boxers Jackie "Kid" Berg and Ted Lewis.