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
Painter and Harry Harmer for Carter—when they stripped and commenced
THE FIGHT.
Round 1.—Carter had scarcely set-to, when he gave Blacky a severe
facer with his left hand, and quick as lightning put in two more
tremendous hits upon the same cheek, and got away with much
dexterity before the man of colour was able to return. The Black, in
closing, got somewhat fibbed, and went down. (Seven to four
generally was offered, but no takers appeared. Two to one in many
places.)
2.—The Black’s nob was completely at Carter’s service, and the
latter put in five tremendous facers again with his left hand. The
Black, notwithstanding, bored in and got Carter against the ropes,
but did no execution, when, after an awkward struggle in a close,
Carter went down. (It was now ten to two against the man of colour.)
3.—The Black, at this early stage of the fight, seemed not only
damaged, but rather shy, and he sparred cautiously to recover his
wind. Carter again made the same successful use of his left hand, by
planting three more hits upon the old place. A short rally took
place, in which Blacky endeavoured to make a change in the
appearance of things, but without effect, and he ultimately went
down. The superiority of Carter appeared manifest in every round. In
fact, the Black was dead beat, and when on his second’s knee called
out for “brandy.”
4.—Carter hit short, but the Black gained nothing by it. In closing,
the punishment which Carter served out to his opponent was
tremendous in the extreme; he held the Black up with one arm, and
with the other fibbed him so severely that he went down quite
exhausted. The Black’s consequence as a first-rate miller was all
gone. His fanciers now began to look rather blue, and found, too
late, that their judgment had proved erroneous.
5.—The distressed state of the Black was conspicuous to all parties,
and he left his second’s knee in a tottering state. He, however,
endeavoured to make the best of it, and attacked Carter rather
furiously, but the latter soon spoiled his intention, and again
fibbed him down. (Five pounds to five shillings.)
6.—Carter, full of gaiety, smiled at the impotent efforts of his
opponent, and punished him with the utmost _sang froid_. Blacky put
in a body blow, but received such a staggerer in return that he was
quite abroad, and at length went down.
7.—The left hand of Carter was again busy with the mug of his
antagonist. However, the Black endeavoured to make something like a
rally, but he displayed more of desperation than judgment, and paid
dearly for his temerity by again going down. This was the best round
in the fight.
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