The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-30 00:00:00

noxiNG,

MONDAY, being The day appointed: for die
cision of several prize.battles,,'which hifve Ifeed for
some time:pending; the ...14e.sues of lhe,leist, their
Seconds, and a numerous cavalcade of Amateurs,
set off at an ,early hour fur Wimbledon
,Con noon,
the place designed for the scene of adion. At hall
past one ti'cloCk the ring being formed, the fi,rst
two ChaMpions that entered the lists Were ',wing
Ned and A. Denn6van, from Kingston. These° two
coMbatants excited great interest among the fighting
men, having fought together saute time ago .f0r..4
considerable wager, w hen vidOry was declaxed in
favour of Hopphl. N, d. Oct this occasiun, the .cdn.
test Wits' ;'_only for the sum of ,torgpirieas. , a
quarter before two o'clockJhe combatants set 'to,
each appearing confident of fUCCeSS. Hopping Nei
placed the first blow on -his antagonist's side, which
staggered him ; then following him up with his left
hand, made a successful hit at ,Ponnavem's forehead;
he, 'however, did not fall. qn.Pwitoqinn's T,cOver_
ing himself, some sharp hiking rook place on both
sines ; they cloied, and, oti" tailing, Hopping -Nrd
:was uppermost. = •
'After fighting; 36 roundsi with variousadvantage,
on the 37th round, Doanovan struck sevens! Lard
blows at Hopping Ned's left side, from the last of
.which he fell, ,without -having feceived a blow in
return. Here a, cry, of foil! fiul / was called out
by flopti#g Ned's friends,, who inskted it was
against the laWs of pugilism to fall without a.blow.
It was urged, on the other side, that it wa not
done,intentiOnally, lout proceeded from weakness.
As Ilopping Ned wicy still considero_ to have the
best- of it, VllaS persuaded, lynch against his will,
to resume the contest.

Ha v ing- filtight two rounds mere,: Hophiv Ned in.
'fisted he had won the money theybad jugh,t for, an
consequence of the foul play, ithewn by p 011,1014,2
and therefore considered• was unleessary far hit*
to proceed,. On Ned's , endeavouring ,to,
makeltis.way out of the ring, he.,was.followed by;
Donovan, who inquired Vile had given in when
'the other replied, on which Ditm-nrYat put .bim-
self in a fighting positi,n to attack ,
Ned oppo,ed him. The round tini4ed
nova's having knocked down flopping Nrd fur,
the first tint:. Here the battle ~.finished. Bap.-
ithrg Ned would pursue the contest. no Jorager,p-r
would, ,he. acknowledge the money lost,.
..fia ving
been told .after be had put on his clothes, that the
reason liu.quitted the ring was that he was afrrid
'of heingtbeat,,,be,olfaed to fight Dox.rovan again ;
but his.friendv would not suffer ,him to. engage
se-
cond time, -saying, that -.14,5Ai,1 Ned bad lost.the
money the ,tuoment he quitted lie ring.
The Second .Fight -was between two lath item
Kensington,'the one named Lairoastir, antlihe other
Phughmem. The great Akithind seieoce- they %vete
known* possess in boxing, induccd the Amateurs•
to take uncommon pains to get them to fight- a
pitched battle,' -which they at length elfefted.-;--,
On setting to, the Atuateurs could not hrlp ex,
pressing their 'astonishment at the superior style
to.rabrch they, fought, They seemed to lave ac-
quired, considering their years, every requisite for
the eltaraAer of pugilists. Their manner of- hit-
ting-was sharp and straight forward, and they were
not only able to strike severe blows, but to hear
dom. ,These promiiing youths fought fifty -five.
rounds in about tine hiJurand a (patter ; during
which neither of them ever once seem...ti to relax in
vigour,- or in style of fighting. What may also
appear surprising, thelads-wett not much bruited
in the contest. • This entirely arose from their des.
twits and 'skill in stopping' the-blows, which were
only felt on their Arils. At the expiration,of the
.time- mentioned, it •was thought proper to separate
Om, As the wager for- which the%,,,,fought was not
great, ,to. make room for' two:atilt..lnt:ernes of the
fist, of great eminence -in thefiehti'v 'world.
It was now nearly dark, and- the ring having-
been broken in, another Was imMediately made
at stllyy distance, when Joseph Ciff, of Nulty,
a celebrated'i,ukilit4,. anki.Lev) COwita, froth" Lin.:
eolosliit-e, a not e,l The
sum -fqr, which they '• were 'to filit ,was not
considerable; -their grand object
.t-4,a.s' tbe settle
a • dispute which. had "taken pkee:-hetWeen tiAm,
and to prove 'whirl) w4s the I:rtst man,' On
Atriyiyilik Cul 'scented to have grratlY the•advan.
tage in size, being at•least'two sto!seheavier' than
his opp • aiviv/ plieed gritt'.drpritl..trice'
his superiorskill, anti set to ssith indiffainre,' if'
not co"teluPtt f6r fhis oPponent.- Aftei. thineen
rounds of hard •fighting, however,' C OLIStI Al gave. in.
It was now' quit daf k, which preverr'irti 'Other
battles from taking" place: Nearty all the pugilists
of note in the country .were present: G-17 int
frOm Bristol was'Were; and is-expetted to
get thatched' batik he' leaves Lohdon.