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gJnco the adoption of Hie Marquis ot * Qn^nbbeiry rules by the fistic frater- 1 Dlty and the substitution ot four-ounce globes Cor the bare knuckles, many new hdi1( curious punches have come Into fashion.Of blows recently added to the sclen-tiflJ catalogue, “Kid McCoy’s corkscrew punch'' is probably the most widely-talked aboiit by ring patrons, jjejoie the Indianian’a fight with JPeter Matter, sporting writers throughout the cot liti) were accustomed to make a jOh? of the Hoosier pugilist's si-eu blow, But during hfe fight with the ilmhman the MKld demonstrated m tiir satisfactionof all concerned that (LflpmiLh was a deadly one. McCoy’s qv, a description of the blow is as follows.I he corkscrew punch is something I ntAt'd out myself. I feint around un-n rpi band is within five Or six inches of i lie mark 1 want to hit. Then I give ,l oj quick twist with all the strength of mr forearm. The muscle that does PiiMk oi k is called by the doctors supf-bjioi tongas. Wherever that punch lamh it crunches. I practice It with |)0tft hands.\flt; Coy first got the idea of the corkscrew punch from* Bill Doherty, the \Nuilum middleweight* whom he de-1*3 vil in South Africa. Doherty par-nils dazed the “Kid with a sort of a capping blow delivered from the forearm’ and the Kid afterward used the sa'ip* winch on the Australian, and Snail \ defeated the man from the anti-patlU with the iatter’a own pet blow. Th f t orkscrew twist was, howeyer, ad led to the original blow by the '’Kid, ami' it turned outv to be a tremendousimp'dement.The extraordinary length of McCoy's foi^aim gives him a great advantage xi lien delivering this blow, A boxer with a short reach cannot use the blow with as much success as one with a long arm,
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Bangor Daily Whig and Courier
Bangor, Maine, US
Thu, Feb 01, 1900
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