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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCEA Boxing Match between Humphries and Mendoza ; dcfcribed by an eye witnefs.*T HR expedition of the pubsie had beenI wound up to the higltdf pitch, in conference of every preliminary being, after many week-* negotiation, agictd upon between Humphries and Mendoza, two of the molt fcienttfic boxers of the Jay. Each party was powerfully fupported, and a great many thoufand pounds flaked upon the event.For this ptirpofe a Stage was ereded at Odi-ham, and aoout one o'clock on WednefJay the 9th of January, Humphreys attended liy Johnfon as nis Second, and Trlr.g hjv Bottle-holder, appeared thereon, and was received by reiterated huzzas and plaudits; after how-jug to the auJience he proceeded to ftrip. His Jrcfs when ready to engage, was, a pair id* flannel drawers, tied with coloured ribbon, whit* filk flocking* with g.'Irf coloured clocks, and a pair of light flioes fade ed with Mack tilings. While he was preparing, Mendoza, attended by Jacobs as his Second, and another jew, his Bottle-holder, mounted the Stage, and was alfo received with loud acclamation*, from a prodigious Concourfe of Jewswko flocked from all parts. Mer.dr;a'» drefs was jnore plain than that of Humphries.The pi ice of admifTion into the paddock wherein the Stage was ercfted, v,-s half-a-cuinca, and man) hundreds paid. The *»•-nnes and doors were guarded hy Tring, Rpn, Dun, Sandal, WarJ, and .many oiher noted hiuileis; who with uplitted gigantic arms for awhile intimiJated the populace from breaking into tbc places appropriated for the amateurs ; but what can refift the Ihock of an F.nglilh mob :—They broke down the fences and fcized on every vacant place.The combatants were prepared for the on-At in a few minutes alter they came upon the Stage, and on (baking hands, it yus begun by Mendoza with all the heat and impetuolity of a man determined on viOory. Humphries appeare I allonilhcd, and retreated, guarding and catching the blows of his adverfary, which were throw n in with much aClivity and quick-nc fs. Yull fitteen minutes did the Jew attack, with fuch apparent fuperiority, tbat theodJs, w h:ch were two to one agxinll him, changed to the like proportion in his favor. Humphries remained undaunted, dill afling on the defence, it is yee a matter of difpute, whether his condurt in the onfct was mans*’ vre, or whether the uzuvdlr ftJe in which he was attacked, added to the unexpected vigour of his ant-gor ill, made him give way until opportunity offered to difplay his (kill to ad* yanugc. W e arc inclined to give credit to the latter; f-jr early im the battle he wa* driven into a corner of the Stage, where be received a blow whuh knocked bim againd
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London Political Magazine
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Feb 01, 1788
Page 39
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David L.
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