Gus Ruhlin

serya · Jan 24, 2017

Thanks for the articles. Matt, of course I have your excellent book on Maher and refer to it often.

serya · Jan 24, 2017

I have a title for a book on Gus Ruhlin - The Boxer and the Suffragette

Mendoza · Jan 25, 2017

mattdonnellon said: ↑

From "The Irish Champion";
"Ruhlin attacked at the opening bell, nearly closing one of Maher’s eyes but after a heavy exchange, a big right to the body sent the “Arkon Giant” to the floor. He regained his feet at the limit and a hard right cut his eye as they slugged to the bell. Ruhlin came back into it in the next as Maher played to the body. Peter regained the initiative in the next as he still pounded the body and Gus was still on the defensive in the fourth and fifth and in the sixth, it looked curtains for Ruhlin as he got caught with smashing right and left crosses. He rallied and cut and bunged up both of Maher’s optics and drew blood from his left eye in the eighth. Peter was still the stronger and worked the body well and also closed Ruhlin’s eyes. Maher was staggered by a straight left at the start of the eleventh and Ruhlin now forced the pace.

Ruhlin was the stronger by the thirteenth, but a feint fooled him and he ducked into a hard left to the jaw. He almost put Peter through the ropes in the fourteenth but Maher was game and came back strong. He battered Ruhlin in the next round and contrary to all aspersions to his staying power was the stronger as they faltered down the finishing stretch. He bloodied his opponent’s nose in the seventeenth and had his man cornered at the bell. The next was even as both men worked hard and the penultimate saw Gus cautioned for holding on as Maher found the target with uppercuts to the body. The last round saw them shake hands and as both strived for the win Ruhlin stood off the aggressive Maher’s rushes. At the bell, referee White decided the bout a draw, and so ended one of the greatest contests of the nineteenth century."
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Very interesting. Based on this write-up Ruhlin must have had a decent chin and survival skills as Maher could hit, but at the same time, Maher didn't have the best durability. My conclusion is Ruhlin was more of a solid hitter, who scored his stoppages via attrition.

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