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Cap · 11-15-2020, 05:04 PM

Promotional advert appears in Monday, May 6, 1901 edition of L'Auto-Vélo (Paris)....Due to a frustrating number of scheduling conflicts the card was moved from its originally proposed site to Wonderland then Luna Parc then the Cirque de Paris...Promoter Nivelle cobbled together a syndicate to raise a purse of some 25,000 francs (£993) to be split 60% for the winner and 40% for the loser with 25% of the gate receipts to be split evenly between the combatants....PO Matty Curran was 13st 5lbs the day before the fight, while Bjarni Thorsen's camp claimed he would enter the ring at 13st 13lbs...Both had agreed to clean-break rules but few expected Curran to abide by them...They also agreed to soft hand bandages and mouth-guards...After some squabbling they selected Eugene Corri as a neutral arbiter acting inside the squared circle, with an eye towards preventing any 'rough stuff'...

11-15-2020, 05:04 PM	#397
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 8,070	Promotional advert appears in Monday, May 6, 1901 edition of L'Auto-Vélo (Paris)....Due to a frustrating number of scheduling conflicts the card was moved from its originally proposed site to Wonderland then Luna Parc then the Cirque de Paris...Promoter Nivelle cobbled together a syndicate to raise a purse of some 25,000 francs (£993) to be split 60% for the winner and 40% for the loser with 25% of the gate receipts to be split evenly between the combatants....PO Matty Curran was 13st 5lbs the day before the fight, while Bjarni Thorsen's camp claimed he would enter the ring at 13st 13lbs...Both had agreed to clean-break rules but few expected Curran to abide by them...They also agreed to soft hand bandages and mouth-guards...After some squabbling they selected Eugene Corri as a neutral arbiter acting inside the squared circle, with an eye towards preventing any 'rough stuff'... Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; 11-15-2020 at 05:07 PM.