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
4.—It is true the Black was brought to the scratch, but his breath
escaped from his lips like a pair of bellows in full blow. This was
a trying round for both parties, and Painter seemed to have
out-fought his strength. They almost tumbled against each other, so
much were they exhausted, till they again got into determined
milling. Here Painter gave Sutton such a tremendous pimpler that his
head seemed to rotate on his shoulders with the rapid twirl of a
Bologna. In closing, Painter exerted himself in fibbing his
opponent; but Sutton resolutely disengaged himself and threw his
adversary.
5.—Painter now appeared bleeding, and half a minute time was too
short for the men to appear anything like themselves, so furiously
had the battle raged in this early period of the fight. This round,
however, was decidedly in favour of Painter, and he stopped the
rashness of his opponent in a scientific manner. He gave Sutton
three such heavy facers, that the nob of the Black did not seem to
belong to him, and gallantly finished this round by sending him
down. (The applause here was a tumult of joy, and in the ecstasy of
the moment five to one was offered. It was now the expressed opinion
that Ned would win the battle in a canter.)
6.—The fight must have been finished in this round, or at least he
would have rendered it certain, had Painter possessed sufficient
strength. The Black could scarcely leave his second’s knee, and had
it not been for the skill of Tom Oliver he would not have been in
time to meet his opponent at the scratch. They both stared at each
other, and appeared fit for anything but milling. However, they went
at it pell mell, and Painter received so sharp a blow on his left
eye that the claret run down. The Black also got such a nobber that
he was quite abroad, and moved his hands like a puppet pulled with
strings. It was all chance work, and Painter went down.
7.—Painter again “faced” the Black, and had the best of the round,
but he went down.
8.—The Black endeavoured to bore in, but he was stopped in fine
style. Painter milled him in every direction, planted three facers
with ease, and finished the round by levelling Sutton. (Great
shouting.)
9.—Both extremely distressed; and notwithstanding the many nobbers
the Black had received, all Painter’s work in point of appearance
went for nothing. Sutton’s frontispiece seemed to defy all hitting.
Painter was bored to the ropes, where, in struggling, both fell.
10.—Sutton floored his opponent by a tremendous hit in the chest.
The partizans of Sutton here manifested their approbation.
11.—Painter’s exertions in this round were astonishing. He had it
all his own way. He nobbed the Black so repeatedly that his arms
were of no use to him, as he could not place himself in a position,
and Sutton fell from exhaustion.
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