How many unsuccessful attempts did Mendoza make before becoming Champion of all England?
门多萨在成为全英格兰冠军之前做了多少次不成功的尝试？
Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.
两百年前，拳击比赛在英格兰非常流行。
In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money.
在那些日子里，拳击手为了奖金而光着拳头战斗。
Because of this, they were known as 'prizefighters'.
正因为如此，他们被称为"prizefighters"。
However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
然而，拳击是非常粗糙的，因为没有规则，一名拳手可能会在比赛中受重伤甚至死亡。
One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764.
拳击史上最丰富多彩的人物之一是出生于1764年的丹尼尔*门多萨。
The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.
手套的使用直到1860年才被引入，当时昆斯伯里侯爵制定了第一套规则。
Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game.
虽然他在技术上是一名prizefighter，但门多萨做了很多工作来改变粗俗的prizefighting成为一项运动，因为他把科学带到了比赛中。
In his day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity.
在他的时代，门多萨享有巨大的人气。
He was adored by rich and poor alike.
他受到富人和穷人的崇拜.
Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old.
门多萨在一场拳击比赛后迅速成名，当时他只有十四岁。
This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England.
这引起了理查德*汉弗莱斯的注意，他当时是英格兰最杰出的拳击手。
He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn.
他提出要训练门多萨，他年轻的学生学得很快。
In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him.
事实上，门多萨很快就变得如此成功，以至于汉弗莱斯转而反对他。
The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight.
两人激烈地争吵着，很明显，这场争论只能通过打架来解决。
A match was held at Stilton, where both men fought for an hour.
在斯蒂尔顿举行了一场比赛，两人在那里战斗了一个小时。
The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated.
公众把一大笔钱押在门多萨身上，但他被打败了。
Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time.
门多萨后来在拳击台上遇到了汉弗莱斯，他第二次输了。
It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.
直到1790年的第三场比赛，他才最终击败汉弗莱斯，成为英格兰的冠军。
Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils.
与此同时，他创立了一所非常成功的学院，甚至拜伦勋爵也成为他的学生之一。
He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as ￡100 for a single appearance.
他赚了一大笔钱，一次露面就得到了高达100美元的报酬。
Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt.
尽管如此，他还是如此奢侈，以至于他总是欠债。
After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten.
在他被一位名叫绅士杰克逊的拳击手击败后，他很快就被遗忘了。
He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.
他因未能偿还债务而被送进监狱，并于1836年在贫困中去世。
