The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-20 00:00:00

BOXING.

The great battle between Noale, the Streatham
Youth, and Bob Baldwin r 117hitrAtad ) took place yesterday
on a desert piece of ground to the aouth.west of Virginia Water.
The man are celebrated boxers, rind the fineness of the morn-
ing attracted some thousands by every sort of conveyance to the
scene of action, 21 miles from London. Neale first arrived in
a humble post chaise with his second, Harry Holt, and Ws
backer. Huh came on the ground in a splendid vehicle and
four, with Mr. !Jayne, his backer, Mr. Jackson, and anutker
gentleman ; Cannon on the box, and Cribb and Spring in the
dickey. The men set-to soon after one o'clock. Holt and
Ward seconded Neale, and Cribb and Spring seconded Bob..
Betting guineas to pounds on Neale.
I. At stripping, [lob, one of the finest muscled men ever
seen, seemed to have been rather fine drawn, or in other words
over trained. But little mist:Lief was done ; Nettle placed a
good hit upon his adversary's jaw, and threw him ; Bob's head
fell upon a bottle at the verge of the ring, but no mischief
ensued.
2. Neale placed blows left and right upon the head and body,
and both went down from a close.

l% Bob hewed first blood from the lip at setting to, and hia
eye-lids were upon the quiver. Ile was hit two facers with the
left hand, from which ground was broke. In a rally Bob
nnpp'd a heavy hit on the side of the eye which lacerated it. In
a close both fell, Neale undermost. 7t04 on Neale.
4. A severe round, with much equal fighting. Bob placed a
severe straight left-handed hit upon the prominent part of the
olfactory organ, from which claret flew in profusion. Neale
was thrown.

5. Neale bled most freely from the smeller, which saved his
ogles from being useless. Neale placed a left-handed blow on
the throat, and threw his adversary.
G. Neale seemed rather abroad, and hit with his hands open.

It was a scrambling round, and both were down. Even betting.
7. Bob got a heavy fall after a close,when attempted counters
missed. The force of the fall was such,that Neale's head upon
the over-reach made a dent in the earth.

O. Altogether a scramble. Bob placed an innocent bit at
the body, and Neale went down.
9. Neale placed a rattling hit upon . Bob's ribs, which re.
sounded round the ring, and he fell over-reaching himself...
Some murmurs.

10. A rally to the ropes, and both were floored.
11. Neale ran fob down. _

12. Bob placed a severe hit upon his adversary's mouth,
which besprinkled the claret merrily about the ring, and flowed
down the breast of the receiver. Neale hit at the same time,
but his counter missed. A manly rally followed, to the advan.
tage of Neale, who got his adversary upon the lock in his iums,
&hewing superior strength, but he hit Bob in going down.—
Cries; of Foul I" but the umpires did not think so.
13. Neale had decidedly the best of a manly* fighting round.
He out-fought his adversary with the left hand,, and'delogett
his nob in blood, breaking ground after each hit. Bob was
thrown by strength out of the ropes, or rather out of the ring.
14. Neale repeated his tactics of bitting at the head, with the
left hands and breaking away, until Bob was too groggi6ed to
do mischief, and he fell weak,-3 to lon Neale.
141. Both heads were bleeding freely ; Bob got the piper wl:b
him, and seemed to have lost his strength of hitting nut Neale
was getting blind of the right ogle. A manly rally followed
which produced fresh contusions upon the head ; but Neale's
strength and better fighting gave him the beat of the round.
Id. Bob recovered a little and behaved bravely. The best
round in the battle was fought, and in 4 rally Bob received a
tremendous right handed blow on the cheek bone. The round
ended by Neale throwing his adversary.
17. Neale placed his left handed hit upon Bob's nob. He
'ducked his head, and was thrown.
10 and 19, Scrambling rounds, and both too weak just now
for Intended mischief:
20. A severe round to the advantage of Neale, who agttin
grassed his adversary.
21. Another severe rallying claret spinning round ; but Bob
went down very tired. ~•
22. Neale placed a severe left handed blow upon Bob's eye,
and with the right he gave Min another severe rattler on the
ribs, which bent him, and the eye was fast closing. Neale rill
weak.

23. A scrambling round, and both down. An hour had
elapsed at the close of this round.
24. Nettle lacerated Bob's eye severely, which set the claret
flowing profusely, and
Vrevented blindness. Neale fell in. mak-
ing second play. Bobs friends began to find it was the Royal
Exchange to a trading teasel.
From this to the 29th round Bob stood up manfully to be hit
and floored, and although to the 86th round he tried every effort
to win, yet the further he tried the worse he fared; and Cribb
gave in for hint after one hour and 13 minutes.
RE IU AIIKS.—One thing satisfied the whole ring, that the men
did their best. Bob cut ilia well, to use a milling phrase; but he
wants touch practice betbre his bravery can benefit hint much.
Ills best, and in short his only fiote, is a quick and straight left-
handed bit at the head; but ins rallies are mere terambles and
he stands too erect (and WAWA some of that superabundance of
action which Nettle possesses too muck of) to be forcible in :A-
ministering hard blows. Neale is the better fighter of the two,
stands well on his legs, and is an expert finisher of round*. lie
is a very heavy right-handed bitter, and means nothing_ but
defeating. We never could sec that Bob had the best of any
two rounds in the fiAt.
WYNNV.EI THE 111118TOL,YOUTIT ANT) SPXNCEII. TUE
BUTWIEH.—This second battle was for 251. a-side, and, it was
won in three quarters of an hour by the Youth against a gallant
man, but used up in service.
no
Viipneing eer took it most courageously, punished hint severely with the left hand
and often
But little detail is necessary. Spencer was not quick eugh
to get at his adversary's youthful breaks at going off, and wht n
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No the battle; but yOuth ultimately gave victory to.l
Wynnus.