his strength and made a good showing in the close contest. Though Maddox's face looked like raw meat by the end of the match, the battle was deemed a draw, as it was stopped by darkness after 1 hour 10 minutes, and representatives determined both men had performed with equal skill. On Willesden Green on 15 July 1804 for 50 guineas, Bitton fought another match, technically a draw, with William Wood, a London coachman, who stood 5' 11" (1.8 m) in height. The fight was interrupted after fifty-six minutes in the thirty-sixth round by the appearance of officers from Bow Street, as boxing was illegal in London at the time. Wood, however, according to Puglistca was thoroughly defeated and was "quite worn out" after the long battle. On 12 July 1807 he fought in an exhibition with Bob Gregson at the Fives Court, St Martin's Street in Leicester Square. On 21 August 1807, he acted as bottle holder along with his friend Daniel Mendoza as second for the Jewish boxer Dutch Sam in his fight with English great Tom Belcher. On 16 November 1812 he assisted Jack Carter in his match against Jack Power. After boxing Shortly after 1804, Bitton retired from the prize-ring, and became a licensed victualler or food seller in Whitechapel. Always a stocky man, his weight ballooned after retirement eventually reaching nearly 238 lbs. or 17 stone. He established an athletic school on Goulston Street, Whitechapel, where he gave instruction in boxing where trainees could spar. The school also included fencing featuring both "singlestick" which used a cudgel or wooden sword for training, and broadsword, which used a two edged weapon used for cutting. Married to his wife Eve, also known as Elizabeth, at London's Bevis Marks Synogogue on 10 July 1818, he had a large family of eleven children. He died on 27 January 1839, at the Portuguese Jewish Hospital, on Mile End Road, in Stepney, London, England, at the age of 61. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery near Bethnal Green. He is an ancestor of the EastEnders actress June Brown and was featured on Who Do You Think You Are? in August 2011. Honors A lyrical verse written by Robert Emery of Yorkshire described Bitton's best features as a boxer; his ability to come from behind in a fight as he clearly did in his fight with Tom Jones and George Maddox,