The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-15
FITzsIMMoNs' RECORD.
Written by Himself-The Long-Armed
Champions Successful BATTLES,

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My first appearance in the ring was at
Jem Mace's amateur boxing tournament
at Timaru, New Zealand, ten years ago.
Mace was making a tour through the
colonies then. l succeeded in knocking
out four men that night, winning the anna
teur championship of New Zealand and a
gold watch. The next year Mace visited
US again and gave another tournament.
then knocked out five men in one night,
sustaining my title of champion.
After defeating the FIVE men put on the
gloves with Herbert Slade, and to the sur
prise of everybody present l bested him.
After stopping Slade, Mace and were GO
ing to wind up the evenings entertain
ment with friendly bout. We put on the
gloves and shook hands, and were about
commencing to spar when we were greeted
with such storm of Kisses that Mace
thought it would be better to take off the
gloves. The audience thought that Mace
was going to try to knock me out when in
reality he only intended to show me few
points In boxing. All these bouts were
fought under Marquis of Queensberry
rules.
/ next fought Arthur Copper under Lon
don prize ring rules at Timaru, defeating
him in three rounds. Then came my fights
with Jack Murphy and Jim Crawford, both
of which were fought under London
prize ring rules. defeated the former in
four and the latter in three rounds, knock
ing them both out. After this I left New
Zealand and went to Sydney, sparring for
the first time there at Larry Foley's ath-
letic hall, where defeated Brinsmead, a
heavyweight in two rounds. He weighed
10 pounds to my las pounds. The fact is,
never fought at over 145 pounds until
came to the United States. 1 next de-
feated Jack Greentree, middle-weight, at
Foley's, in three rounds. Dick Sandal,
who, after left New Zealand, had got to
be amateur champion there, was the next
one who wanted to meet me. / defeated
him in four rounds Then defeated Bill
Slavin, brother of Frank Slavin. Bill is
not the Slavin who was recently defeated
by Joe Goddard's brother in Sydney, but
an older brother and considerably heavier
man. l bested him in seven rounds.
then fought Eager, who recently fought
a draw with Starlight, the colored middle
weight champion of Australia, and,
though he wore three-ounce gloves while I
had on eight-ounce, beat him in three
rounds. l defeated Conway, champion of
Ballarat, in three rounds. My next battle
of importance was with Dick Ellis, who
was and is now considered good one in
Australia, he having fought three draws
with Lang, the well-known Maori heavy
weight. two battles being under London
rules and one under Queensberry. Ellis
weighed 176 pounds against my las pounds,
but beat him in three rounds just the
same. / next fought Jim Hall, champion
middle-weight of Australia, for the cham
pionship, defeating him in five rounds.
Then l fought Starlight, the colored mid
dle-weight champion of Australia, and
champion of Queensland, knocking him
out in nine rounds. My last fight in Aus
tralia was with Professor West, heavy
weight, who used to exhibit through Aus
tralia, advertising to knock any man out
in four rounds. 1 knocked him out in two
minutes.
Coming to San Francisco l Immediately
got on a match with Billy Mccarthy to
fight at the California Athletic Club. l
fought him with but very little training,
as had been in the country only fourteen
days when We met, knocking him out in
nine rounds. could have finished him
in three rounds, but wanted to give the
club members a show of sparring for their
money. My last fight up TO date was with
Arthur Upham. / defeated him in FIVE
rounds at the Audubon Club, New Or
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