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
58.—Carter struggling at the ropes, where he positively hung by both
his hands, Spring punishing him on the ribs till he went down.
Carter never returned a blow in this round.
59.—Spring went in, and planted a nobber that sent Carter down like
a log. His seconds pulled him up, and held his head. A hundred to
five. The burst of applause beggars description.
60.—It astonished the ring to see Carter come again, and, from his
recovery, fears were still entertained for Spring.—Carter seemed
anxious to win, and commenced hitting. He also made a desperate
struggle at the ropes till he went down.
61.—Prejudice was aroused against Carter from all parts of the ring,
owing to the overbearing consequence which he had assumed since his
“hugging” victory at Carlisle.—Carter commenced fighting, but went
down from a slight hit; in fact, he almost laid himself down.
62.—In this round Spring was quite the hero. He nobbed and bodied
Carter so severely, that the latter could not lift his arms. (Any
odds.)
63.—Carter was sent down, with striking marks of punishment about
his head and body.
64.—Carter appeared to get round, made a hit, but was sent down.
65.—Carter put in two left-handed hits, but Spring went in manfully,
and got him down.
66.—In closing, both down.
67.—Carter now tried his left hand; but in closing he received a
heavy fall. Spring fell on him. “It is all up;” was the cry.
68.—Carter hit first with his left hand. Both down.
69.—Spring was now very weak, but he went in and punished Carter in
all directions, till both went down.
70.—The fight was now drawing fast to an end. Carter was so confused
and weak that he was hit to the ropes, where he stood still to
receive, till he made a trifling struggle, when both went down.
71.—This was a strange and severe round; Carter endeavoured to make
some hits; but, in closing, he received such a fall, with Spring
upon him, that when time was called, he could not come again. One
hour and fifty-five minutes had elapsed.
REMARKS.—If Spring had been a _punishing_ hitter, he _must_ have won
it in half the time. He, however, displayed not only consummate
tactics in the offensive, but his defensive movements elicited
general applause. Although never rash, he never shrunk from his
work, and this triumphant defeat of the braggadocio north-countryman
placed him on a pinnacle of fame.
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