Fight club

A Fight Club is an association that organizes fights between its members. Contrary to a duel or gladiator fights, the opponents used their fists in the fight and don't seek to kill their adversary. This kind of club is mostly illegal and gambling is frequently used to reward the winner.

History

Renaissance

By 1500, the Italian Assassin and Mercenary Bartolomeo d'Alviano organized a Fight Club in the basement of his Caserna where his mercenaries could fight against each other for training and money. The Master Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze participated in some fights to gain money.

By 1511, the mercenaries of Constantinople organized a Fight Club in their headquarters near the Harbor of Theodosius. Ezio Auditore was also a member of this club.

Colonial America

Main article: Boston Brawlers

During the American Revolution, a Fight Club was known as the Boston Brawlers, operating in Boston, New York City and the Frontier. To participate in their tournament, the candidate needed to beat six of the Brawlers. The Colonial Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton became the champion of the Brawlers during the American Revolutionary War.

Victorian London

By 1868, many underground Fight Clubs opened in London where the bookie Robert Topping organized the gambling around the matches. The fights took the form of a boxing fight but the candidate must fight many opponents at the same time. The twin British Assassins Evie and Jacob Frye participated in this illegal fights and became the champions of London.

During the Whitechapel murders, the rogue Assassin Jack the Ripper and his gang the Rooks took control of Fight Clubs in Whitechapel and the City of London, where the members fought until death. Evie Frye killed the criminals who ran these establishments and let the Metropolitan Police Service closed them.

Appearences

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed III
• Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
• Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - Jack the Ripper (DLC)