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. ICareer of Ryan,Famous Missouri Fighter Oneof the Ring’s Cleverest Men.Tammy Kyan of Kansas City, the fa .mous middleweight tighter, is a verybusy man these days, and his admirers j are wondering if the time is ever coming when be will be an old man or a pugilistic “lias been.*’ Tommy has been \ in the ring for so many years that, even the ubiquitous “oldest inhabitant” remembers seeing him “put up his dukes/and yet today he can don the milts and stay the limit with almost any inhis class. jKyan is scheduled to light “Philadelphia Jack” O'Brien during the latter part of the month, and he is now rounding into splendid form. Bob Fitzsimmons is also on his trail, and the lanky Comishmun's recent announcement that he would meet Kyan in the middleweight class aroused widespread com- jnient. The match, however, has notyet been definitely arranged. Fitz is without doubt the greatest middle- j weight the world has ever seen. W hile I his most memorable performances tookj place in the heavyweight division, in; rea ity he is u middleweight, and therefore his exploits against Corbett, Shar- !i key. Kuhlin and Jeffries were all the j more to his credit. Against I itz, Ryan would have but little chance. It would i be only a question of how soon the ex- j i champion sent his man to the boards jfor the count. Kyan never was and j never will be a strong opponent for a j man of Fitz's ability.Ryan's warmest rival is Kid McCoy. These men met twice and Kyan wants | »tit another chance at the Hoosier. He recently said: “I d give anything jI possess to get McCoy in the ring t again. I ll never be satistied until 1 have another try at him. ’ j Ryan s most important victory of re- j cenr years was his defeat of Kid Car-! ter last September. They fought at | Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, where is to occur his bout with O'Brien, and he sen: Carter down for the full count insix rounds. The knockout was cleanand decisive and came chiefly as the result of superior ring generalship on the part of Kyan, which enabled him| throughout to successfully evade or withstand the heavy onslaughts of his opponent. 1There is no denying that Kyan is oneof the cleverest men in the ring. He is j wonderfully quick. IIis foot work is 1 pretty to watch and he is tricky in the i extreme. In fact, he is a boxer pure and simple, and were he a heavier hitter he would probably stand at the head of his division.The following account of Ryan’s fig! t with Carter, published the day j | after his victory, show s that his skill j! is of championship caliber:•Sturdy and heavy hitting, proud of bis great endurance, full of energy,TOMMY RYAN. |iw ■confidence and ambition. Carter of Brooklyn was no mean opponent. In fact, he hustled Ryan throughout the fight, forcing him from corner to corner with wicked lunges, which effectually destroyed any effort on Ryan’s part to box prettily. Forced to tight. Ryan finally went at the game as only few' can. He stung and stabbed Carter until be had him bleeding and be- Iwildered, and then several well placed right arm .jolts on the jaw* tumbled the husky young fellow, a bleeding mass of senseless humanity, to the floor. Carter fought gamely and tr’ed hard, but he suffered about all the visible j punishment that was noted during thebov t.“Such men as McCoy, Jack O'Brien j and others looked with amazement on j the Kansas City man’s work. While the bout was too short tosutliciently testTommy’s endurance, there was nothing very terrifying to his backers in ! the weariness he displayed at any time. | The very nature of the tight put up by I Carter prevented Tommy displaying at its best his well known foot work, buthe side stepped, lunged and plunged ir ! -the beautiful manner of old.“When forced to mix, he went at it williugly and with rare judgment, and when in the fifth and sixth rounds Carter slowed up a bit It .van jabbed him unmercifully. reducing him to a j plight which made the knockout only aquestion of moments.”
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Kokomo Daily Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Sat, Feb 07, 1903
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