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BOXING. jt . ,t .* JHumphries and Mendoza. !Humphries arrived in town on Wedn.efd.ay night, | and appears to have received more blows in the I face than Mendoza.Mendoza'sobject being to blind Humphries', was the reafon of this; indeed, it was his only de«. pendance, founded on his fuperiority in the art of putting in the back chops.Humphries believing that one hinging blow would put Mlndoza entirely out of bis fighting* waited with the grcatefi patience, for a favourable opportunity, which at laft offered iffelf, although he was for fohie 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 his favour, with the affiftance of the crofs bU(tock\ which together proved entirely fatal to Mendoza, *Mendoza came to town yeftcrday morning with no fprained ancle, and very fairly acknowledged that Humphries was the brjl and gameft man, but abfoluteiy denied bis being the moji expert boxer•He has offered to fight Humphries on the turf immediately* cl on a Jlage of the fame dimenjions in the courle of twelve 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 thcfoul blozu* twifiing of the no/ey c. mull have convinced thofc who were prefent, that Humphries's hefolution was to conquer his man bravely, without taking any advantage of foul play.Humphries has been lately out of jiraice, he was, in his day? allowed to he the blt;jl Jiopper in the kingdom, and no one can deny his refolution and courage•
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Morning Post and Daily Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Jan 11, 1788
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David L.
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