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
6.—Hudson got away well, and nobbed Green, who followed him. Some
heavy blows passed between them till both down.
7.—This round spoilt Green. The latter, with good courage, gave hit
for hit with his opponent; but Davy, in finishing the round, had the
best of the blows, threw Green, and fell so heavily upon him that
the claret gushed from his nose, the shock was so violent. (The
East-enders were now uproarious, and two and three to one were
offered on Davy.)
8.—David fell on Green again.
9.—Almost the same, as well as the best of the hitting.
10.—It was really a capital fight, and Green fought like a trump. He
could not, however, change the battle in his favour. Hudson
undermost.
11.—Green experienced another dreadful fall. (Four to one against
him current.)
12.—Hudson now endeavoured to take the fight out of Green, and
planted four facers in succession that Green went staggering from
the hits; he, nevertheless, made several returns, till both down.
(Five to one.)
13, 14.—In the first round a most determined rally; but in the
second Green was hit down on his knee. (“You can’t lose it, Davy.”)
15.—Hudson fell heavily on Green, and nearly knocked the wind out of
him. (“It’s all up.” Any odds.)
16.—The nob of Green was now terribly punished, and the left side of
his throat much swelled. He was quite abroad, hit open-handed, and
went down exhausted. (“Go along, Davy; it will be over in another
round.”)
17.—Green repeatedly jobbed Hudson in the face; but none of the
blows were to be seen—they did not leave a mark. As Green was
falling from a hit, Hudson caught him in the face with a
right-handed blow that almost sent him to sleep.
18.—“Look here,” said Oliver, “my man has not a mark upon his face.”
Green came up to the scratch much distressed. He, however, fought
like a man; and at the ropes Hudson again fell upon him. The claret
was running down in profusion.
19.—Green still showed fight, and put in several facers. Hudson went
away staggering from one of them; but the latter followed Green up
so hard and fast that he could not keep his legs, and went down.
(The poundage was here offered, but no takers. “Take him away; he
has no chance.”)
20 and last.—Green behaved like a man, and he stood up and fought in
a rally till he went down quite done up. When time was called he
could not come to the scratch, and Hudson was proclaimed the
conqueror. It was over in forty minutes.
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