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Cap · 10-27-2020, 01:58 PM

From The Barnsley Earwigger evening edition March 1901...In a thrilling slugging affair Iron Hague of Mexborough absolutely dismantled John L Gardner in the latter's first defence of the Empire title at London's prestigious National Sporting Club...After a slow first round, Hague tore into Gardner and broke him down with a relentless assault that had Gardner on the back foot for most of their match...Gardner went down once for a brief count in round eight but he arose groggy and was only saved by the gong...Hague jumped on him seconds into round nine and bowled him over with two stiff punches to the face and a loud smak to the ribs...Gardner took the full nine to clear his head but immediately caught a powerful left hook to the head and another dig to the belly that put him on his knees...Referee Eugene Corri saw Gardner was all through and wouldn't let him continue...At Blackpool, Jack Palmer was declared winner on a technical knockout over France's Raymond Berenger after the latter shattered his right hand on Palmer's skull in round two...In the previous round Berenger looked a certain winner as he easily out-boxed the Englishman and looked to be setting him up for a knockout...Berenger was in agony after striking Palmer's head and told Referee McCarren he could not go on...Promoter Ray Charrington has promised Berenger a rematch once the hand has healed...Joe Beckett and Jack Scales, two stalwarts of British rings, were beaten this week and may be giving thought to packing it in for good...Beckett lost to the newest phenomenon from France, Marc Gaucher, but Scales was clearly outpointed by part-time Nottingham publican George "Slasher" Fryer in a truly embarrassing performance...Laurie Cameron, the Glasgow heavyweight, has pulled himself to the top of Scotland's pugilistic ladder with a thorough thrashing of Sandy MacNab of Inverness in front of a packed hall in Rutherglen just outside Glasgow...Cameron has improved considerably in the last year and could be ready for an attempt at bigger things...Meanwhile, over in Brussels, Eire's PO Matty Curran has signed articles of Agreement to defend his EBU title against Norway's Bjarni Thorsen in five weeks time with the exact location still to be determined...French promoter Albert Nivelle appears to have the inside track with an offer of ₣20,000 (£795) to the winner and the use of La Palais Grande in Paris...At Berlin Ludwig Schuhmann was given an obvious home-pitch decision over American Battling Jim Johnson with most members of the international press at ringside scoring it in favour of Johnson...

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Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 8,066	From The Barnsley Earwigger evening edition March 1901...In a thrilling slugging affair Iron Hague of Mexborough absolutely dismantled John L Gardner in the latter's first defence of the Empire title at London's prestigious National Sporting Club...After a slow first round, Hague tore into Gardner and broke him down with a relentless assault that had Gardner on the back foot for most of their match...Gardner went down once for a brief count in round eight but he arose groggy and was only saved by the gong...Hague jumped on him seconds into round nine and bowled him over with two stiff punches to the face and a loud smak to the ribs...Gardner took the full nine to clear his head but immediately caught a powerful left hook to the head and another dig to the belly that put him on his knees...Referee Eugene Corri saw Gardner was all through and wouldn't let him continue...At Blackpool, Jack Palmer was declared winner on a technical knockout over France's Raymond Berenger after the latter shattered his right hand on Palmer's skull in round two...In the previous round Berenger looked a certain winner as he easily out-boxed the Englishman and looked to be setting him up for a knockout...Berenger was in agony after striking Palmer's head and told Referee McCarren he could not go on...Promoter Ray Charrington has promised Berenger a rematch once the hand has healed...Joe Beckett and Jack Scales, two stalwarts of British rings, were beaten this week and may be giving thought to packing it in for good...Beckett lost to the newest phenomenon from France, Marc Gaucher, but Scales was clearly outpointed by part-time Nottingham publican George "Slasher" Fryer in a truly embarrassing performance...Laurie Cameron, the Glasgow heavyweight, has pulled himself to the top of Scotland's pugilistic ladder with a thorough thrashing of Sandy MacNab of Inverness in front of a packed hall in Rutherglen just outside Glasgow...Cameron has improved considerably in the last year and could be ready for an attempt at bigger things...Meanwhile, over in Brussels, Eire's PO Matty Curran has signed articles of Agreement to defend his EBU title against Norway's Bjarni Thorsen in five weeks time with the exact location still to be determined...French promoter Albert Nivelle appears to have the inside track with an offer of ₣20,000 (£795) to the winner and the use of La Palais Grande in Paris...At Berlin Ludwig Schuhmann was given an obvious home-pitch decision over American Battling Jim Johnson with most members of the international press at ringside scoring it in favour of Johnson... Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; 10-28-2020 at 11:45 AM.