Bill Farnan


Bill Farnan was Australia's first heavyweight boxing champion.
He fought Peter Jackson in the first Australian heavyweight contest using Marquis of Queensbury rules in Melbourne on 26 July 1884. He hit Jackson hard "between wind and water" in the second round and continuing body hits drove Jackson down and out in the third round.
Bill was the 2008 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Pioneers category.