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tunic n.uucrn anccuorcs.“ Boxing is a manly exercife, in which the Englilh excel all Europe, anil are perhaps the only nations, whofe generous Tons can fight in friendlhip and for mutual amute-ment.—Big Ben or Perrings f the Birmingham hard-ware hero (io lately van-quilhed by the fuperior art and addrefs of lohnfon }), are little ihurt, in dature and ilrength, of Diagoras the Rhodian. But. from the ir dances of thofe fniaJIer-fized pugilids, Humphries, Ward, and Mendoza §, it is highly probable, that the modern boxers have more courage, or at lead /kill, than the antient; fmce it appears, by che'ftatu«c, that mod of their champions were men of large fize and dimenfions. The Engliffi amateur may form a com pleat idea of the Grecian cedus-combat, from the fparring-matches of* “ This bulky bruifer, very much re-fembles Ajax, as defcribed by Homer.f “ This mod powerful pugilid is nearly fix feet three incites high, and is rather too tall for the commom mode of dage?fighting.£ “ This hero of the fid, not exceeding five feet eigltf or nineinches in dature, is as compact a man, and as compleatly well made, as almod any man in England ; and is perhaps the very firft boxer of the age, being an athlete, in whom drength, activity, and profefiional knowledge,fcern equally united.§ “ Ihis little Sampfon Agonides of the Jews lias the quicked eye, and the greateft agility of any one pugilid whatever; but he is rather inferior in drength and hardinefs.to 11is old antagonist the celebrated Hum-pliries.” -Ward
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Gentlemans Magazine and Historical Chronicle
London, Middlesex, GB
Tue, Feb 01, 1791
Page 84
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