Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-30
SLAVIN OR JACKSON.
TWO GIANTS OF THE PRIZE RING
TO BATTLE TODAY.
Mike Donovan Discusses the Chances Of
the Men and Favors Frank
S1avin.

the MEN ana F8vOrS Frank
| Slavin.
| Jackson and Slavin battle tonight in
London. The sporting editor of the
HERALD is Slavin man. The follow
ing, written by Mike Donovan, the ex-
fighter, contains many good points:
The Slavin-Jacksor fight includes the
championship of Australia. There has
been some dispute az to whether it is
Slavin or Jackson, but the champion is
certainly there anyway. The Melbourne
Sportsman regards Jackson as cham
pion, and the Sydney Referee holds Sla-
vim to be entitled to that honor. am
inclined to think that Slavin is cham
pion. He has beaten Farnsworth. who
has beaten Jackson. Slavin was in Aus.
tralia when Jackson was in America.
At that time in the land OF the kangaroo
Slavin was meeting all corners and beat
ing everybody. In order to be champion
Jackson should have returned and chal-
lenged the man who was making such
record, or rather have accepted chal-
lenge from him. However, they are
matched now, and if the fight comes to
q decisive issue the question will be set
tied.
Slavin is really champion Of England,
though they hesitate to recognize him
over there. They really have no heavy
weight who can 60 against him. But
the English have prejudice in favor OF
the old-fashioned fight to finish with
bare knuckles in the ring. That is
nonsense now. Championships are
decided with the gloves, and one must
be up with the times. You will get one
thousand men to q glove fight for
hundred that you get to fist fight.
The day of the bare knuckle battle has
gone by, and am glad OF it.
After these two heavyweight battles
the winners can fight for the champion
chip Of the world. and no man is cham
pion Of the world till that time. When
Kilrain and Sullivan fought it was not
for the championship Of the world, be-
cause Kilrain had got no better than .
garded as champion of England, while
Sullivan Corbett match, If it comes to Q
/ finish, will leave one Of the men cham
pion, Of America. The Slavin-J ackson
| light will leave the winner champion OF
2England and Australia, .s.3
F The Sl&<fn-J Jackson fight IL chose 1t
hand and is exciting deep interest. I
think SlAvin will win. My reasons are
these At close range 6lavin is the bet
ter man and the harder hitter. Atlong
range jackson is the cleverer man, but
still net 90 hard hitter. In seeing
| Jackson box it seems to me that he is q
| little the slower. Slavin's muscles are
( more supple and elastic. It makes him
better in-6ghter. Jackson will prob
| ably fight by preference at long range
and somewhat on the defensive. But If
| two men are equally matched in weight
there is no such thing as one holding
! the other of through contest. If two
Emen are standing up and willing to
| fight, the man who Leads is at disa1-
vantage, but il one is retreating the
|, other can jump In and force an exchange
of blows. Slavin il man who won't
be denied by anybody. jackson has
/ sptenomenally long arfnp, but the su-
perior suppleness OF 6lavin makes up
/ for what would otherwise be an advan-
stage Of reach.
/ Some men who saw the Slavin- Kilrain
fight formed wrong opinion of Slavin.
did at first. He seemed careless, and
it was natural to say that If he gave
such opportunities to q quick. hard hit
ter like Sullivan or Corbett he would be
likely to lose tho fight. Really he had
speedily formed his opinion of Kilrain
and did not fear him. He was only try
ing to draw Kilrain up to him and was
willing to accept any exchange. More
over, Slavin vast in condition. He was
sick and was good deal below his
weight. He weighed about III, and
now he is about 1914. There is some
thing in the English climate that gives
q man weight, and this added muscular
tissue, with his better general condi-
ton, will make 6lAvim much more form
idable than when he defeated Kilrain
in Hoboken. think it will be quick
fight.
/ slavin has the right idea in sighting
with big gloves. In that sort of COM
test man must hit very hard. It's the
/ jarring blow that counts. A man should
light for vital points-for the jaw or the
nose. The old-time pugilist, fighting
with bare knuckles, made great point
OF binding his opponent. He couldn't
afford to cut loose for general results,
pcCauro Aiu uhuuS were n0O pIOCeCLou
and he feared to disable himself. But
with gloves the man who strikes the
blow runs much less risk, and, on the
other hand, in giving an opening to his
opponent, he need not fear light jab.
The quick, hard hitter can afford to force
the fighting and accept the chances. He
wants to be as close to his opponent as
ne can be and have room to strike HE
blow. Barring accidents, l feel lsure that
Slavin will win. In that case, there is
no reason to believe that he will put
any obstacles in the way Of fight with
the future American champion, and
that will decide the championship Of
the world.
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.