Fight club

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Ratonhnhaké:ton participating in a fighting tournament in Boston

A fight club is an association that organizes fights between its members. Contrary to a duel or gladiator fights, the opponents use 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

Anglo-Saxon England

The fighting pit at the Ēostre festival in Ravensthorpe

By the 870s, some Anglo-Saxon men set up a fight club in Leicestershire, just south of the Wenloch Abbey, that they called the "BBB". The club was not known to many, and required the passphrase "naked fists and walleyed lips" to gain access. During her time there, the Viking Eivor Varinsdottir found the BBB and participated in its one-on-one matches, eventually becoming its new champion and being given a small piece of wood with the club's name written on it, which they treated as a membership badge, as a reward.

While not officially considered a fight club, Eivor's English home settlement of Ravensthorpe would set up fighting matches during some holiday celebrations, such as Yule and Ēostre. These matches were set up and overseen by the resident Sunniva. These fights also had an extra rule, where each contestant was required to consume a mug of mead before their fights. Winners of the fights would drink another mug after each victory, resulting in the later matches to become more and more alcohol-induced on both sides.

Renaissance

The fight club at the Caserma di Alviano

By 1500, the Italian Assassin and mercenary Bartolomeo d'Alviano housed a fight club in the basement of his Caserma in Rome, allowing his men to fight to refine their skills and earn money in the process. The Master Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze participated in some of the fights to gain money and the respect of the mercenaries.

By 1511, the mercenaries of Constantinople housed a fight club in their headquarters near the Harbor of Theodosius. Ezio Auditore became a member of this club as well during his stay in the city.

Colonial America

Main article: Boston Brawlers

During the American Revolution, a fight club known as the Boston Brawlers operated in Boston, New York City, and the Frontier. To participate in their tournaments, 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

Evie Frye participating in a match on the Thames

By 1868, many underground fight clubs had opened throughout the boroughs of London, where the bookie Robert Topping organized the gambling around the matches. The fights took the form of a boxing match but the candidate had to face multiple opponents at the same time. The twin British Assassins Evie and Jacob Frye participated in these illegal fights and became the champions of London.

Twenty years later, 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 members fought to the death. The Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of the Metropolitan Police Service tasked Evie Frye, who had returned to the city, to shut down these establishments.

Gallery

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  Evie fighting to close down the fight club at Mitre Square

Appearences

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed III
• Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
  • Jack the Ripper
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla