A plaque was unveiled on Saturday to honour Tom S ayers, who won the first ever world heavyweight boxing title 150 years ago.
Mr Sayers lived in the Orange Row area , and the plaque was put up just around the corner, on the wall of the Guitar Amp and Keyboard shop.
The plaque was sculpted by Carl Payne to the design of Tommy Melllis, President of the Sussex Ex Boxers Association
The North Laine Community Association has pictures of the event.
Tom Sayers was born in 1826, the youngest of five children of James and Maria Sayers. He went to Middle Street School, Brighton, when he was nine, in 1836, then left Brighton aged just 13 to become an apprentice bricklayer in London.
He claimed the title when he fought American John C. Heenan, “The Benicia Boy”, at Farnborough, Hampshire on 17 April 1860 in a match which lasted 37 rounds and only ended when the police intervened. Although the match was declared a draw, Sayers was still declared world boxing champion.
He lived out his days in Camden, and is buried in Highgate Cemetery.
