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» * •i Humphries and Mendoza.Humphries arrived in townon Wedncfday night, and appears to have received more blows in the face than Mendoza.Mendoza's objfft being to blind Humphries', was the reafon of this; indeed, it was his o'ti’.y de-pendance, founded on his fuperiority in the art of putting in the back chops.Humphries believing that one hinging blozv would put Mendoza entirely out of his fighting, waited with the grcaielt patience, for a favourable opportunity, which at lalt offered i'felf, although he was for fortie time, thereby, under the necef-fity of receiving many very hard chops, which he certainly could have parried, had the ftage not been fo Topped by the rain.The very few lungers which Humphries made, were, however, fufficient to turn the battle in hisfavour, with the affiftance of the crofs bxtttocK, which together proved entirely fatal to Mendoza.Mendoza came to town yeficrday mcrning with no fpraincd ancle, and very fairly acknowledged that Humphries was the befi and gamefi man, but abfoluteiy denied his being the tnofi expert boxer.He has olfered to fight Humphries on the turf immediately, or on a fiage of the fame dimenfions in the courfe of t-welve months.Humphries challenged Mendoza's fecond to fight immediately for Ten Guineas. His courage, during the combat, was wonderfully great, and his conduft at the time when the Umpires were difputing about the foulblow, twifting of theno/t, c. mult have convinced thofe who were prefent,that Humphries's t-efolution was to conquer his man bravely, without taking any advantage of Joulplay. .Humphries has been lately out of }5ra£lice, he was, i.n his day, allowed to -be the bfiJhpper ih the kingdom, and no one can deny his reflation and courage.ODE to the OLD TEAR,1787
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Morning Post and Daily Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Jan 11, 1788
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