Had to look it up to refresh my recollections of the fight, but per Bell's Life editor's statement, the ropes had never been cut: "We have made...
Sayers had had his first professional fight in 1849, not 1850, called Tom Sears in Bell's Life's report. So, by the time he met Heenan, he had had...
1878 NPG had had very poor sports coverage, only with occasional boxing write-ups. Fox didn't have a sporting editor on his staff yet. To think...
Grant looked so bad the NPG writer described him thus: "The first couple to appear for the medal was Morris Grant and Charley Fletcher, the first...
There was no 1878 police gazette tournament. 1882-02-11 The National Police Gazette (page 14) The first competition for the Police Gazette Medal...
Yes, he was the sporting editor of NPG (from 1880) and of New York Daily News (from 1867 allegedly, can't confirm; he often quoted NY Daily News...
It was William Edgar (W.E.) Harding, and it was in March 1885....
1888-05-26 The Illustrated Police News, Law Courts and Weekly Record (Boston, MA) (page 3) ... Previous to the wind-up, there was considerable...
1888-05-16 The Boston Herald (page 8) ... The second round of this three-round bout was just finished, when Master of Ceremonies Daly stepped to...
1888-05-16 The Boston Daily Globe (page 5) George Godfrey, the colored heavyweight champion, called at The Globe office this afternoon to say a...
1888-05-16 The Boston Daily Globe (page 1) JOHN'S BENEFIT. -------- ... While they were taking a breathing spell Billy Daly stepped to the...
1899-04-14 New York Evening Journal (New York, NY) (page 10) GANS AND M'FADDEN TO MEET TO-NIGHT. -------- ... If he is that good and it is claimed...
1899-03-20 New York Evening Journal (New York, NY) (page 8) A STUDY OF FIGHTER M'GOVERN. -------- ... In action he is the most persistent, savage...
1899-02-27 New York Evening Journal (New York, NY) (page 8) Fitzsimmons is a fighting machine. As they build torpedo boats for speed only, without...
1899-02-20 New York Evening Journal (New York, NY) (page 8) It is altogether likely that Jeffries is the first ambidextrous fighter who has ever...
