Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 2 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-1740, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863Miles, Henry Downes
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Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 2 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-1740, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863
Miles, Henry Downes
Boxing
30.—Spring hit Carter on the nob, but in struggling both went over
the ropes. (Thirteen to five on Spring.)
31.—The right eye of Carter was rather damaged. Spring hit and broke
away. He, however, punished Carter down, and fell.
32.—Carter sat cross-legged upon his second’s knee. Spring hit, and
followed him over the ring. In struggling at the ropes, Carter
exclaimed, “Let go.” Both down.
33 to 35.—Spring worked hard in all these rounds; took the lead from
his hitting; but went down from his exertions.
36.—This was a severe round, and Carter was hit out of the ropes.
Loud shouting; and “Bravo, Spring! Where’s the Champion now?”
37.—Spring made a good hit, but went down from weakness.
38.—Carter hit down at the ropes.
39.—Spring shewed good science; he hit and broke away, and planted a
blow on Carter’s nose. Both down.
40.—After some exchanges, Spring was hit sharply, and fell upon his
head. He was extremely weak, and his friends felt alarmed that he
was falling-off; the odds got down upon him.
41.—Spring, in a struggle, fell upon Carter, which appeared to shake
him to pieces.
42.—Spring made a hit upon Carter’s nose, but was too weak to follow
up this advantage. In closing, on the ropes, both down.
43.—Both down.
44.—The right eye of Carter was nearly closed; but Spring was still
weak, and went down from a slight hit.
45 to 49.—Both down in all these rounds. Hugging was the leading
feature; but whenever Spring could extricate himself he did, and
administered punishment to his opponent.
50.—Spring hit Carter out of the ropes but, to the astonishment of
the spectators, he got up with the utmost sang froid.
51.—Carter tried to make a hit with his right hand, but it was
stopped. After a few exchanges, Spring went down very weak. One hour
and twenty-five minutes had passed, and severity of punishment was
not visible, to any extent, on either side.
52.—Spring now went in, hitting and following Carter closely, till
he punished him down. (“Bravo, Spring! the Champion’s not in
Carlisle now.”)
53.—Hugging again till both down. (Murmuring in all parts of the
ring; and three and four to one betters lamenting their want of
discrimination in backing a man who seemed to have no fight left in
him.)
54.—Carter nearly received his quietus in this round. Spring hit him
on the head so strongly that he went down like a shot. [Thunders of
applause; and a guinea to a shilling offered.]
55.—Carter came in a tottering state to the scratch, but was hit
down. Ten to one.
56.—This was the most interesting part of the combat; Carter, to the
astonishment of the ring, commenced fighting with his left hand, and
made two hits, but was sent down. (“Go it, Spring, you have not a
minute to lose. Give such a Champion a finisher!”)
57.—Carter again floored.
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