XII. TOM SPRING AND BILL NEATE 68 XIII. TOM SPRING AND JACK LANGAN 72 XIV. DEAF BURKE AND SIMON BYRNE 80 XV. BENDIGO AND DEAF BURKE 85 XVI. YANKEE SULLIVAN AND HAMMER LANE 88 XVII. BENDIGO AND BEN CAUNT 93 XVIII. NAT LANGHAM AND TOM SAYERS 99 XIX. TOM SAYERS AND THE TIPTON SLASHER 102 XX. TOM SAYERS AND THE BENICIA BOY 107 PART II.--GLOVES I. PETER JACKSON AND FRANK SLAVIN 121 II. JAMES J. CORBETT AND JOHN L. SULLIVAN 127 III. ROBERT FITZSIMMONS AND JAMES J. CORBETT 133 IV. JAMES J. JEFFERIES AND ROBERT FITZSIMMONS 139 V. TOMMY BURNS AND JACK JOHNSON 147 VI. TOMMY BURNS AND JOE BECKETT 154 VII. JACK JOHNSON AND JAMES J. JEFFERIES 158 VIII. GEORGES CARPENTIER AND BOMBARDIER WELLS 163 IX. JOE BECKETT AND BOMBARDIER WELLS 170 X. GEORGES CARPENTIER AND JEFF SMITH 176 XI. JACK DEMPSEY AND GEORGES CARPENTIER 183 XII. GEORGES CARPENTIER AND GEORGE COOK 189 XIII. LITTLE MEN 193 XIV. AN AFTERTHOUGHT 201 APPENDIX: RULES OF THE RING, ETC. 204 INDEX 210 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TOM CRIBB AND TOM MOLINEUX (_from an Engraving_) _Frontispiece_ BROUGHTON’S RULES ” xxv JACK BROUGHTON AND JACK SLACK ” 17 TOM JOHNSON AND ISAAC PERRINS ” 32 RICHARD HUMPHRIES AND DANIEL MENDOZA ” 49 JAMES BELCHER ” 64 JOHN GULLEY AND BOB GREGSON ” 81 JACK RANDALL ” 96 TOM SPRING ” 113 TOM SAYERS AND JOHN HEENAN ” 128 BOB FITZSIMMONS AND JAMES J. CORBETT (_a Caricature_) 145 JEM DRISCOLL (_from a Photograph_) 160 JIMMY WILDE ” 165 BOMBARDIER WELLS ” 172 JOE BECKETT ” 177 GEORGES CARPENTIER AND JACK DEMPSEY ” 192