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Cap · 11-04-2020, 12:05 PM

Excerpt from The New York Evening World March 21, 1901...Chicago fight fans were furnished with twelve rounds of rattling fast, hard-hitting battling from start to finish by Sam McVea and Joe Jeannette last night...Although it was a draw decision McVea appeared to have a shade the best of it...Referee George Siler gave five rounds to each man with two even so the NABF title belt remains in McVea's possession...The result clouds the world title picture as Sam Langford had promised a shot to the winner...At the sold-out Mutual Street Arena in Toronto Tommy Burns and Sid Russell put on a terrific performance showcased by Tommy's speed and Russell's strength as they traded rounds with most of the action at ring centre...In the eighth canto after a fierce exchange they became tangled and Russell went through the ropes, falling heavily to the floor on his shoulder...The Australian climbed back into the ring in obvious pain, whereupon Referee Francis consulted with him and promptly waved the fight over with Burns a TKO winner...In the dressing room the house doctor found Russell's shoulder to be dislocated...Fighting on the same night in two different cities last week, Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson scored easy wins over credible opposition cementing their positions in the IBU rankings...Fireman Jim Flynn overcame long odds to gain a points victory in Detroit over local son Al Kubiak who had been picked by sports prognosticators as the next big thing...At Toledo, Ohio Charlie Horn wiped the floor with Canadian George McRay, winning every round and forcing the ref to intervene to prevent a knockout, no objection coming from McRay's corner...In Montreal Art Beaudoin thrilled locals in a decisive win over former Canadian champion Johnny Jackson and put an end to talk of the latter's march to the national title...In the semi windup to the Burns-Russell fight, Brooklyn's Jim Stewart proved too much for Canadian heavyweight champion Bob Day, taking seven of ten rounds on the referee's card...The young New York giant clearly out-boxed the local chap, breezing through the last three rounds with a dominant left jab and crisp combinations to body and head...Day's best round was the third when he shook Stewart with a huge right hand to the head and had him briefly on the retreat..

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Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 8,049	Excerpt from The New York Evening World March 21, 1901...Chicago fight fans were furnished with twelve rounds of rattling fast, hard-hitting battling from start to finish by Sam McVea and Joe Jeannette last night...Although it was a draw decision McVea appeared to have a shade the best of it...Referee George Siler gave five rounds to each man with two even so the NABF title belt remains in McVea's possession...The result clouds the world title picture as Sam Langford had promised a shot to the winner...At the sold-out Mutual Street Arena in Toronto Tommy Burns and Sid Russell put on a terrific performance showcased by Tommy's speed and Russell's strength as they traded rounds with most of the action at ring centre...In the eighth canto after a fierce exchange they became tangled and Russell went through the ropes, falling heavily to the floor on his shoulder...The Australian climbed back into the ring in obvious pain, whereupon Referee Francis consulted with him and promptly waved the fight over with Burns a TKO winner...In the dressing room the house doctor found Russell's shoulder to be dislocated...Fighting on the same night in two different cities last week, Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson scored easy wins over credible opposition cementing their positions in the IBU rankings...Fireman Jim Flynn overcame long odds to gain a points victory in Detroit over local son Al Kubiak who had been picked by sports prognosticators as the next big thing...At Toledo, Ohio Charlie Horn wiped the floor with Canadian George McRay, winning every round and forcing the ref to intervene to prevent a knockout, no objection coming from McRay's corner...In Montreal Art Beaudoin thrilled locals in a decisive win over former Canadian champion Johnny Jackson and put an end to talk of the latter's march to the national title...In the semi windup to the Burns-Russell fight, Brooklyn's Jim Stewart proved too much for Canadian heavyweight champion Bob Day, taking seven of ten rounds on the referee's card...The young New York giant clearly out-boxed the local chap, breezing through the last three rounds with a dominant left jab and crisp combinations to body and head...Day's best round was the third when he shook Stewart with a huge right hand to the head and had him briefly on the retreat.. Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."