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Additional fighters in this novel include:


Battling Long
LHW challenger. Ko'd Kid Christopher in 2 in Philly. Signed to fight Gale for title in Jersey City 15 rounds. Long outboxes Gale through 10 rounds fighting at long range and chopping Gale to pieces with his left. Gale refuses to throw in sponge in 11th. Gale dropped 9 times in bout: twice in both 4th and 5th, once in both 7th and 13th, and three times in 11th. In 14th Long gets upset about not finishing and got careless dropped for a 6 count but he wins an easy decision.

Jack Martin
LHW KO 1 Gunner Slade. Sensational. Offers $75,000 to face Gale. Round 1 Martin outboxes Gale. 2nd Martin swarms and scores heavily breaks Gale's nose. 3rd Gale takes 4 shot intentionally to draw Martin in and nails him with a left to body and right to the chin. Martin falls into the ropes, rebounds off them into another right that knocks him out of the ring. Crowd helps him get back in at count of 8. Gale doesn't want to hit Martin who's out on his feet. Martin knocks Gale down at bell while Gale had his hands down. 4th Gale staggers Martin, goes to body twice and Martin clinches. Martin hits on break, but without steam. Martin's left eye shut, and he takes punishment. Dropped by shot to stomach, his corner claims was foul. 5th Martin stopped at 1.20. Hard right has him reeling. Hook to haeart drops him. Groggy and up at 4. Measured right to jaw finishes bout.

Gunner "The English Flash" Slade
LHW World champion. Can hit hard. Gale gives him $100,000 guarantee. Gale burns hands 3 wks before bout. 1st 2 rounds Gale fights defensively. IN 3rd Gale dropped for 7 count Shapiro has Slade's gloves inspected to get more time. In 4th Shapiro tells him he's going to inject coccaine into his hand for the pain. It's water but a psyched up Gale unleashes .Right to the heart hurts Slade, another to body is followed with one hook to the chin and a combo to the chin dropping Slade. Stopped by Jack Martin in 1.

Kid Christopher
LHW Columbus OH. Stiff puncher. Offered $15,000 by Gale for bout. makes his camp in Red oliver's gym. Tough, can hit, works body, and can take it. 1st Kid works body. In 2nd Gale punished & dropped for 8 by uppercut. Round 3 Gale has a cut eye, he begins to open up but but he's punished and heads for wrong corner. 4th The Kid blocks a left hook and stings Gale. Clinches after a right from Gale. Gale feints a left and nails him with a right to the middle. Gale then beats him to the punch and drops him to his haunches. Up at 9 Gale counters a left lead and Ko's him. Ko'd 2 by Battling Long in Philly.

Wild Bill Killoran
LHW 174 lbs in bout vs. Gale at Eureka AC. Gale 162 1/2. Can hit hard. Aggressive til hit by a body shot, then cautious. Gale jabs him silly and beats him to the punch consistantly. 2nd gale wobbles him with a right.
Killoran clinches and butts Gale opening a cut over right eye. Angered, Gale drops him but he beats the count. In 3rd Gale gets a bloody mouth but closes killoran's left eye. killoran warned for a low blow. To escape a
KO loss He deliberately fouls Gale for a DQ. Gale KO's Killoran in the dressing room.

Giving us:

Wild Bill Killoran LHW 3 Slugger
Kid Christopher LHW 5 Slugger
Gunner "The English Flash" Slade LHW 9 Boxer
Jack Martin LHW 7 Either
Battling Long LHW 9 Boxer

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