. Athletics and manly sport . and his tout ensemble that of a boxer with first-ratequalifications. Thus much for his person; now for his wind appears to be undebauched; his style is resolute, firm,and not to be denied. Getting away he either disdains or doesnot acknowledge in his system of tactics. He makes tremend-ous use of his right hand.^ After a storm-like cheer, the fio;ht beo:an amiddeep silence. From the first blow, Donnelly hadthe advantage. He gained the usual points —first blood and first knock-down. Cooper madea brave and desperate fight, and in the fifth roundlie knock
. Athletics and manly sport . and his tout ensemble that of a boxer with first-ratequalifications. Thus much for his person; now for his wind appears to be undebauched; his style is resolute, firm,and not to be denied. Getting away he either disdains or doesnot acknowledge in his system of tactics. He makes tremend-ous use of his right hand.^ After a storm-like cheer, the fio;ht beo:an amiddeep silence. From the first blow, Donnelly hadthe advantage. He gained the usual points —first blood and first knock-down. Cooper madea brave and desperate fight, and in the fifth roundlie knocked Donnelly off* his feet. In the seventhround Cooper was actually flung into the air by across-buttock, and in the eighth was dashed underthe ropes by a tremendous left-hander. For the next three rounds the result was simi-lar, the eleventh and last round closinoj with a DONNELLY AND COOPER ON THE CURRAGH. 57 fearful right-hand blow on Coopers mouth, whichknocked him senseless. The battle was awarded to Donnelly, amid the. CROSS-BUTTOCK. cheers of l)oth Irish and English then went to Enoland and challeno-edall comers. 58 ETHICS OF BOXING AND MANLY SPORT. He attracted almost as much attention as Eno;-lislimen have recently given to Sullivan. TomCribb undoubtedly had been the leading boxer inhis time ; but he had retired from the ring severalyears before Donnellys visit to England. Enoland was in straits for a man able to meetDonnell3^ It was looked upon even by the gov-ernment as dangerous, politically, to allow theIrishman to again defeat a British champion. At leno:th a strong; and able boxer, Oliver, wasfound to take up Donnellys challenge. Whenthe match was made, the chances of the fightfilled the Three Kinoxloms once more with matterfor earnest discussion. It was said that onehundred thousand pounds (five hundred thousanddolhirs) were laid in bets on the battle. Everyman in Ireland who had a pound to spare backedDan Donnelly; and the nobility and gent
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