George Taylor

George Taylor (fl. 1734–1750) was an English boxer also known by the nickname George the Barber. His mentor was James Figg, whose boxing booth Taylor had fought in since 1719. Taylor took over Figg's "Great Booth" in Tottenham Court Road after Figg's death in 1734. One of the main attractions at Taylor's establishment was Jack Broughton, the leading boxer of the era, but Taylor and Broughton soon fell out and the latter opened his own ring. Hogarth created an elaborate design for Taylor's gravestone, featuring the boxer pummeling death himself.