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 — John Shaqi
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
8.—Oliver very queer. Spring punished him about the head till he was
again undermost, and received another fall. (“It’s all over
now—Oliver cannot recover these falls,” was the general opinion; and
two to one, or, in fact, any odds.)
9.—Oliver floored from a severe nobber. Great shouting for Spring.
The game displayed by Oliver astonished all the ring.
10.—Oliver again thrown, and Spring fell heavily on him.
11 to 17.—Oliver recovered, it is true, in some degree, from the
severity of the fall which he received in the sixth round; but he
could make no change; in fact, the chance was decidedly against him.
In this round, Spring punished Oliver till he went down. The truth
was, Oliver could not get at Spring.
18.—This was a sharp round, and Oliver exerted himself to win, but
without effect. It was thought Spring had hit Oliver foul, but it
was a blow he put in as Oliver was going down. Spring, in finishing
this round, put in some tremendous body blows, after the quick
manner of Randall.
19.—Clark, the friend of Oliver, now thinking that Oliver could not
win, went into the ring and threw up his hat; but Oliver would
continue the fight till he was hit down. Oliver might be said to be
dragged up by his second, Tom Owen, who exerted himself to the
utmost degree to bring the old Westminster hero through the piece.
Richmond also paid every attention, but the fight was completely out
of him, and the persons at the outer ring left their places.
20.—Oliver went up resolutely to Spring, determined to make a change
in his favour; but it was only to receive punishment; he was again
down.
21.—When time was called, Oliver not coming up directly, Spring was
told that it was all over, and had got hold of his coat to put it
on, when Oliver again showed fight, and was terribly hit about the
head and body, till he measured his length. (“Take him away; he
can’t win it.”)
22 and 23.—These rounds were fought in the greatest confusion. The
ring being flogged out, the time-keeper taking refuge in the rope
ring, with two or three other swells, till the rounds were finished.
Oliver was now quite exhausted, but positively refused to give in.
24, 25, and last.—All these rounds were fought in the greatest
confusion, and when Spring had got Oliver at the ropes, and might
have fibbed him severely so as to put an end to the battle, some
person cut the ropes, which let Oliver down easy. Oliver contended
every inch of ground, although so much distressed: at length he was
so much punished that he could not leave the knee of his second when
time was called. It was over in fifty-five minutes.
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