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.—The superiority of Carter over his opponent was visible in every
movement; he not only gave six more facers with the utmost
dexterity, and put in a body blow, but most severely fibbed Robinson
down. The Lancashire hero was much distressed.
9.—Carter again felt for the Black’s nob; but from the slippery
state of the grass, he got off his balance and went down from a
slight hit or trip, but he was up again in an instant.
10.—Notwithstanding the numerous severe facers Robinson had
received, there was no confusion about him, and he was always ready
to time. It appeared now that, if Carter won the battle, he must go
in and do considerable execution, as the half hour was rapidly
advancing, and the Black was not to be licked by merely nobbing him.
Robinson endeavoured to make a change in his favour, by attacking
Carter and following him up, but at length he was sent down.
11.—This was a tolerably good round, and the Black showed himself a
different man altogether from what he appeared in his late combat
with Carter. His mug seemed a little changed, and Carter kept
repeating upon the punished places. Robinson went down from a hit.
12.—The Black set-to with much resolution, and seemed very unlike an
almost finished man. His face was again severely milled, but it was
very doubtful whether Carter had the best of this round. The Black
was sent down.
13 and last.—Time was growing very short, and Carter to win must
almost perform wonders. He again put in two nobbers, and some other
hits, when Robinson fell down from a sort of slip, tumbling forwards
between Carter’s legs. Carter immediately threw up both his arms,
and declared the man of colour had dropped without a blow. The outer
ring was instantly broken, and some confusion took place. “Foul,
foul!” and “Fair, fair!” was loudly vociferated by both parties, and
on all sides. Twenty-eight minutes and a half had expired. It was
urged that Robinson had fell once before without a blow, which had
not been noticed. Upon this termination some demur occurred; but it
was decided by the umpires that Carter was entitled to the money,
and it was given up to him accordingly.
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