Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
THE WORLDS CHAMPION
Kid Mccoy Now Aspres 10 that in the Heavy.
Weight Class.
PRlzEFIGHTrRs ON HIS PROSPECTS.


New York, Dec. 1S.--In an inter-
view after his fight with Dan Creedon,
kid" Mccoy said:
81 expected to win and / was there
fore not disappointed. do not want TO
be considered egostistical when 1 say
1t, but / think the facts Justify the
statement that Creedon was outclassed
from the start. His gameness. however,
surprised me. He fought an uphill bat
tie from the start, and l want to give
him credit for the courage he showed,
He must have known early in the
fight that he was beaten and that his
only hope of success lay in chance
blow and that is why l admire him.
He took and awful Furnishing and gave
me some good blows in return, but
always felt that It was matter of
time when he would succumb, lie is
good, game fellow. AS regards my fu-
ture | intend to remain pugilist as
long as 1 can win and there Is money
in the game Now that / am the middle
weight champion of the world. / am
ready to defend the title against any
man in my class. Some day when l get
heavier / expect to- challenge the
heavy weights, for / aspire to the
heavyweight championship of the
world
II want TO see an American hold
that title once again and l hope am
the American pugilist destined to hold
it."
Dan Creedon said:
81 have no excuse to make for my
| defeat. / met u better man, and that
tells the story. Mccoy Is great
| fighter greater in fact than 1 had any
| idea. He outclassed me in every re-
| speet. He was cleverer and faster and
more scientific. l simply was not in II
and / want to give him all the credit
| he is entitled to.
"When l went into the ring | did not
think he could defeat me. but know
| now that | have no chance with him
The blow which really started me GO
| ing was left handler over the right
| eye In the third. 1t fractured bone
| and made me dizzy afterward Mccoy
has a great chance for heavyweight
championship honors."
Sam Austin, who refereed the fight,
said:
| 81 must confess that / am surprised
| that Creedon managed to take McCoy's
| terrible blows for so long time. The
| Australian was outclassed from the
| start. He never had a chance after the
| first blow was struck. Mccoy always
| held him safe and the Furnishing which
| Creedon received stamps him as one
| of the pluckest men who ever put on
| n glove. When he went down the Sec
| ond time it was only by a supreme
| effort on the Australians part that he
| managed to scramble to his feet and
avoid being counted out.
81 had counted ten and was about to
| announce him out when he got on his
feet. He was SO groggy that he could
scarcely stand but he pluckily con-
| tlnued. 1t was most humane act on
the part of his seconds to throw up the
sponge in the fifteenth round. He was
hopelessly beaten. The remarkable
| battle he fought was a revelation to
me. Mccoy is a wonderful fighter and
has a great future before him. provid-
| Ing he takes the best care of himself.
Some day l would not be surprised to
see him heavyweight champion of the
world"
James j. Corbett said:
Mccoy has great future as a
pugilist If he follows the rules of
health, BY that l mean If he lives n
| good. temperate life. He proved by
his decisive victory over Dan Creedon
| that he is the best fighter of his
| weight and inches in the world He
| demonstrated that he possesses one
quality which many persons do not
give him credit for, and that is his
| ability to take punishment He took
many hard blow from Creedon and
| proved himself thoroughly game.
He Is wonderfully clever and used
one hand as well as the other. He is &
| good ring general, very cool, knows
| how to felnt and how to take advan-
tage of that faculty. He has great
natural advantages BY that | mean
| height and reach. When he Is more
| developed which / should think would
be within about two years, as he is
stll very young man, he viii be nble
| to successfully cope with the big men
In the heavyweight class.
II regard him now not in the light Of
| possible but of probable heavy
weight champion. He is a great fight
er and no mistake"
Dan Stuart said;
81 have always been great ad-
mirer of Mccoy and / bet my money
on him against Creodon. He always
impressed me as being a wonderfully
clever man, Mccoy viii some day he
the heaV ywelght champion of tho
world. RE Is too light just now, hut
TN additional weight he should take
on during the next year or two It
should place aim In position 20 ;ight
for the title successfully. He is one of
the best two handed fighters and ring
generals l ever saw. He Is always
cool and collected and never loses his
head. He Is quick to take advantage
II an opening. and last nights battle
shows that he can take punching"