Dan Porky Flynn...

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  1. Senya13

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    1909-06-16 The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA) (page 8)
    The 12-round bout between Patsy Flynn and Bill McKinnon, which was called a draw, did not come up to the expectations of the members. The boxers clinched and wrestled so much that the members had little chance to get enthused. Flynn boxed awkwardly, and most of the time worked like a novice. McKinnon kept continually rushing and landed some rights and left on Flynn's face and jaw. Flynn did some good infighting, and a number of times swung left and rights to McKinnon's ear and face. In the last two rounds Flynn landed some stiff jabs and uppercuts on McKinnon's jaw and face that made him a bit weary.
    The bout showed that McKinnon has gone back, and it will be some time, if indeed ever, before Flynn can be considered good enough for a main bout. The decision satisfied most of the members.


    1909-06-16 The Boston Herald (Boston, MA) (page 5)
    The final event was a 12-round contest between Bill McKinnon or Roxbury and Dan (Porky) Flynn of the West end. This ended in a draw.
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    The McKinnon-Flynn contest was a disappointment in many ways. Flynn clearly had little confidence in his own ability in the early rounds, and it looked as if the affair would degenerate into a one-sided battle. It was all McKinnon's to the sixth round. Bill carrying the fight at all times, as is his custom. In the latter half Flynn learned that his left hand was still attached to his body, and he began to stab it home to the nose with such effect that he had McKinnon worried. Then Flynn woke up to the fact that his right was of some use and he got this going so well that before the end was reached he was having the better of the milling, although not enough to offset the big lead that McKinnon had piled up in the early stages of the bout.


    1909-06-16 The Boston Journal (Boston, MA) (page 8)
    Jim "Porky" Flynn, of the West End, and Bill McKinnon, of Roxbury, boxed twelve rounds to a draw
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    The Flynn-McKinnon bout was a hard, tough fight, but, barring a few rounds, was a hugging match. Flynn had the punch, and with more aggressiveness probably would have done execution to the Roxbury man, but the latter was strong in this suit and earned a draw.
    In the last round, McKinnon was in bad shape and Flynn had him hanging on. The round ended with Flynn rocking his opponent's head with short swings. The decision was a satisfactory one.


    1909-06-16 The Boston Post (Boston, MA) (page 9)
    In the final bout McKinnon and Flynn went 12 rounds to a draw. Flynn had somewhat the better of the argument, but the decision was justified by the fact that both men clinched, hugged, wrestled, pulled and hauled for the entire time. There wasn't a semblance of clean hitting, good blocking or boxing of any sort. It was a very poor exhibition and it would have been a shame to give a verdict under those circumstances.
     
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    1909-07-31 The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA) (page 9)
    Porkey Flynn of South Boston gained the decision over Mickey McDonough of Brooklyn at the Apollo A. A. tonight. McDonough received a bad beating from the sound of the gong, and it was only in the ninth and tenth rounds that he landed with any effect. Flynn hit 10 blows to McDonough's one. The Brooklyn lad was cut over the eye and on the face.


    1909-07-31 The Boston Post (Boston, MA) (page 9)
    In a 12-round bout at the Apollo A. A. tonight Porkey Flynn of South Boston was awarded the decision over Mickey McDonough of Brooklyn. Flynn had it all his own way throughout.
     
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    1909-09-01 The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA) (page 2)
    James (Porky) Flynn, the West End strong boy, surprised the sports last night at the Armory A. A. by winning the decision over Sailor Burke of New York in their 12-round bout. Though Flynn showed good promise in his previous bouts at the club, it looked as if he would not have a look-in against such a clever and well seasoned boxer as Burke. He fooled about every one of the members by his improvement and confidence and only three of the rounds could be credited to Burke. In the last three rounds Flynn had Burke tired and hanging on considerably.
    Burke came out of his corner in the first session looking so confident that he evidently felt all he had to do was to feint with his left and cross the right to the jaw and Flynn would then be counted out on the floor. Flynn surprised him and everyone else by the way he met Burke's attacks with straight lefts to the face and rights on the head and body.
    It was apparent from the start that Flynn's left was going to bother Burke and it proved so. The latter was continually trying to cross the right to Flynn's jaw, but he got it there only a few times.
    It landed too far back to even stagger Flynn.
    They boxed the first five rounds at a fast pace and Flynn shaded Burke in most of them. He landed many stiff jabs on the face and crossed the right and left to the face and jaw a number of times. A couple of times Burke nearly went to the floor from the effects of blows. In the clinch Flynn repeatedly banged the right on the kidneys.
    Burke tried all kinds of feinting to get an opening for his right, but most of the time it landed on the back and side of the head or on the ribs.
    On most of his leads Flynn got home some right or left counters on the face, jaw and body.
    In the next three rounds Flynn apparently laid up for Burke and gave him quite a mauling with both hands on the face, jaw and body.
    Flynn gave Burke some returns on the face and body. The last four rounds Burke "dogged." In every one of the rounds Flynn jabbed, countered and uppercut Burke on the body, face and jaw with both hands. Burke was continually falling into a clinch and then hanging on.
    The judges agreed on Flynn as a winner and he justly earned the award. Flynn showed in the bout that if carefully developed he will make a good boxer and one worthy to represent Boston in the heavyweight division.


    1909-09-01 The Boston Herald (Boston, MA) (page 5)
    The bout between Burke and Flynn was very fast, the opposite styles of the men giving them opportunity to show their best. Burke was the aggressor nearly all the time, but Flynn met him with stinging lefts to the face, alternated with rights to the body and to the chin. Flynn showed up excellently at all-round work, his defence being superb, while his coolness equalled that of his veteran opponent when the fire was hottest.
    Burke used all the wiles that long experience had taught him to bring about a decisive win, and in the seventh round it looked as if the sailor had turned the tide his way when he clipped Flynn heavily on the point of the chin and dropped him heavily. Flynn was up in an instant, and though he was a trifle dazed he used his feet to advantage and avoided many of the lefts that Burke shot for the face and chin.
    From this point on to the end Flynn fought with increased confidence and aggressiveness, the final round being exceptionally fast. In the exchanges in this session there was heavy hitting by both men, but Flynn's superior reach and the use of his left had helped him considerably and undoubtedly caused the judges to view his work with favor.
    Burke put up a splendid battle. He kept after the West ender and was anxious at all times to get in close and bang away. Flynn was content to box along conservative lines, taking no unnecessary risks and being content to score cleanly with the left to the upper part of Burke's body, with an occasional right to the ribs and kidneys.
    The contest was easily one of the most satisfactory the club has had in a long time, and many would have been pleased to have seen Burke get away with a draw. The majority of the house, however, was with Flynn.


    1909-09-01 The Boston Journal (Boston, MA) (page 8)
    J. "Porkando" Flynn of the West End leaped into pugilistic prominence last night at the Armory A. A., when he won the decision over Sailor Burke of Brooklyn after twelve rounds of hard boxing.
    The verdict was very popular, and the local boy was given a great hand when Announcer Ostheus declared him the winner. The bout was a corker for big men, and action was plentiful.
    Burke forced the fighting from the start, and this advantage made the decision a hair-line one in favor of the West Ender. Flynn displayed ability that was fairly a revelation to the members, and his success in countering attacks and in dealing severe punishment to Burke's face proved that he was a boxer of much promise.
    Burke fought in his usual form, but the awkwardly clever form of the pride of the West End made his attacks fruitless, and time and again he brushed aside the sturdy New Yorker by his effective blocking.
    The opening rounds found found Flynn boxing cautiously, while Burke, apparently underrating his opponent, was careless at times. Toward the fifth round the New Yorker awoke to the fact that Flynn was some tough customer, and only the use of his superior knowledge would possibly bring him victory. Burke improved as the bout progressed, while Flynn, just to make it all even, improved in turn, and the fighting was furious. In the seventh round the Sailor hooked Flynn on the point of the jaw and the West Ender hit the mat, only to bob up again looking for more. Flynn squeezed through this round. In the next round he changed his tactics and kept sticking a left into Burke's face. This change turned the tide of battle Flynnward. Burke was flustered, and Flynn mixed up some jabs and hooks with damaging effect.
    The twelfth round found Flynn administering severe punching to Burke, and the bell saved the New Yorker from a possible knockout.


    1909-09-01 The Boston Post (Boston, MA) (page 9)
    Sailor Burke's claims to distinction as a middleweight were smashed last night, when Porky Flynn, the West End boy, outpointed him in a hot 12-round bout at the Armory A. A.
    Flynn was a strong favorite with the crowd, though his friends looked for little better than a draw for him. From the very first round, however, he showed that he was there, although during most of the distance Burke forced the fighting.
    Up to the sixth round Flynn appeared to have a shade on his opponent, but in the seventh the Sailor came back strong and their chances looked about even. From the eighth session to the last Porky kept getting better and better, and in the 11th it was pretty clearly foreshadowed that nothing short of a miracle could land the struggle for Burke.
    The last round was a furious one, the men mixing it up at close quarters all the time. Time after time Flynn landed telling blows on his opponent, who was swinging wildly and seemed unable to hold him off. Flynn was strong at the finish, while Burke did not look good for another round.