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LvJ€is\e11j.St. Paul Fighter Makes a Hit.Unknown in the New York section of the sporting world a few weeks ago, Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul welterweight, today occupies a coveted place among the fistic marvels of the age. This youngrVr, coming a longif j way out of the Y**; entirely unanat.iit-81;tCtlt;Vnsiiuhrs:wddnounced, without a blaze of fireworks, has taken the boxing enthusiasts of that big city by storm.He is about the classiest, tighter0 that has ever hit the bfr trail and right now great things are predicted for him. Gibbons has had a couple of chances in New York. In each he d el i vere d t he p ugi 1 i st ie mere h an disc.He beat one of the best veterans of the ring in Willie Lewis without half1 trying. He did more. He made WU-* lie look like a beginner. 11.Previous to this Gibbons put a n r crimp in tho aspirations of that ^ young comer, Billy Sherman, with a S( four-round knockout. Sherman had a been going like a champion himself, a was young, full of vigor and ambit!- p ous, but lie was a joke in the hands of} the St. Paul marvel. Terry McGov- o: ern used to sav it is harder to beat a a good comer than a champion who is fj going, but Sherman and l^ewis looked pretty much alike in front of Gibbons.l\ J V--
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Albert Lea Times Enterprise
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Dec 13, 1911
Page 30
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