Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 3 (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, 1719-40, 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 3 (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, 1719-40, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863
Miles, Henry Downes
Boxing
11.――Tipton once again on Paddock’s body. Paddock fell
in the bustle without a hit.
12.――Paddock shifting and retreating. A slight
exchange, and Paddock fell to avoid.
13.――Tipton forced Paddock into his corner, but before
he could do any mischief Paddock fell. A claim of
“foul,” but not acknowledged.
14.――Tipton just touched Paddock with his left, who
kept slipping back. Tipton followed him, and he
dropped. Another appeal that Paddock fell without a
blow, but the Tipton party waived the objection.
15.――Paddock hit the Tipton, then slipped half down,
jumped up again, and resumed the fight. Tipton went to
work, and hit him down in the short rally.
16, 17, 18, and 19.――As like each other as peas.
Slasher made at Paddock, who wouldn’t stand his charge,
and fell to avoid. Appeals. “We don’t want to win by a
foul,” said the Tiptonians.
20.――Paddock’s right arm hung as if disabled, but he
brought it into play when action commenced. The Tipton
drove him to the ropes, and hit him down.
21.――Paddock, in jumping away, caught his right heel
against the centre stake, and stumbled down, but jumped
up again. Seeing Tipton close on to him, however, he
dropped on to his knees.
22.――As the moon got higher, the light improved. The
Tipton, in bustling Paddock, got a body hit, which he
retorted with a heavy right-hander on Paddock’s
smelling organ, and down he went quite bothered.
23.――Paddock came up with his face painted carmine
colour, and was no sooner at the scratch than he was
down. Another appeal.
24.――Wild exchanges. Paddock on the shift. The Tipton
gave Paddock a topper on the head, high up, when he
fell, and Tipton over him.
25.――A slight rally in Paddock’s corner. Paddock rushed
at Tipton, who made an awkward step back. Paddock
pushed rather than struck at him with the left, and
forced the Tipton over. (Cheers for Paddock.)
26.――It was all U.P. Tipton went in with both hands,
and Paddock fell without a blow. Appeal repeated.
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