Johnson Flynn 1

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  1. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    JOHNSON KNOCKS OUT JIM FLYNN

    BIG NEGRO HAS ALL THE BEST OF FIREMAN

    RIGHT TO JAW DISPOSES OF

    COLORADO MAN

    Winner Is Now Ready for Tommy Burns, and Efforts Are Being Made to Bring Them Together

    By Associated Press

    COLMA ARENA, San Francisco, Nov. 2.— "You're a clever ******," were the last words uttered by Jtm Plylnn, the Colorado fireman, in his scheduled fortyfive round contest wlih Jack Johnson, the colored heavyweight, at Colma this afternoon. A straight right flash to the Jaw cut off further speech and Flynn toppled to the floor completely knocked out. The finishing blow was delivered in the eleventh round and it took fully four minutes to resuscitate th defeated pugilist.

    Throughout the contest Johnson toyed with his antagonist as a terrier would with a rat In the Initial round he practically closed the Colorado man's left eye and thereafter made It a target for his unerring left jabs.

    Johnson landed at will on his man and seemed to have the contest well In hand at all stages. He left the ring without a mark and only once did he receive a telling blow from his opponent. Tins was In the ninth round, when one of Flynn's wild swings found a resting place In the colored man's stomach.

    Flynn would constantly rush into close quarters, but invariably he failed to land. In nearly every instance Johnson retaliated with right and left swings to the head and Jaw. The beginning of the end came in the tenth round. Near the end of the round Flynn slipped to tlie mat from the Impetus of a misdirected punch. He was up quickly and as he rushed In Johnson clipped in the pit of the stomach with a short-arm right uppercut. Flynn dropped to the floor and was carried to his corner, the clang of the gong giving him a temporary respite.

    Johnson Taunts Him

    In the eleventh round Johnson taunted his man, forcing him to close quarters. Then Johnson, backing, shot a wicked straight right flush to the jaw and Flynn sank to the floor, utterly helpless and completely knocked out.

    Billy Roche, the referee, after the contest said:

    "Johnson was the best man and outclassed Flynn in every department of the boxing game. He is, however, deserving of much credit for his gameness, and the result would have been the same whether Flynn's eye was closed or not. Johnson is easily the best man in his class today."
     
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