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Yefterday Morning the great Boxing-Match between •Broughton and Slack the Butcher was decided, when Broughton was fairly bear in Fourteen Minutes and Eleven Seconds, as near as can be computed. The firft two Minutes the Odd for Broughton were Twenty to One; but Slack foon recovering himfelf changed the Betts, by clofmg •the Eyes of his Antagonift, and following him clofe at the fame Time, gained a complete Viory, to the no fmall 'Mortification of the Knowing Ones, who were Jintly let in. Before they began, Broughton gave Slack the Ten -Guineas to fight him, according to his Promife, which Slack immediately betted againft a hundred Guineas offered by a Gentleman againft him. The Money received at the Door amounted to r 30I. befides 200 1 ickets at a Guinea and a Half each.—So that it is thought, v/hat -with the Money received at the Door, that for the Tickets, (as they fought for the whole Houfc) and the Odds Slack took, that he d d not clear lefs than 6col.r .u„ u________■ _ j a j •
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Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Apr 10, 1750
Page 2
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David L.
WI, USA 14 Jun 2017
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