The evening times., 1897-03-30
Mccoy A COMING CHAMPION
Sporting Men Believe He Will Sue
ceed to Fits H0n0rs.
or the Forty -rour Fights of His
Life He Has Won All Ex-
cept Two.

Is Kid Mccoy the coming champion
pugiiist OF the world? This is a question
that sporting men are asking each
other since Bob Fitzsnlmons defeated
battle at Carson City on March II Many
good judges OF pugilistic talent profess To
believe that the young American middle
weight pugilst, who has been defeating
foreign champions in South Africa, viii
within two years be able 10 defeat the
present champion. Among those who
are Of the opinion that the KID is equal
to the task OF winning the pugilistic cI own
from FitZsinlmons is Dan Stuart, the
promoter of the recent fistic carnival In
Nevada
Stuart believes that Mccoy possesses all
the qualities that make q champion fighter
The big Texan, however, does not consider
Mccoy at the present time physically capa-
HE, because he is as yet too young to be
thoroughly developeds The Kid is only
uwenty-three years of age, and Stuart be-
lieycs that within two years he viii have
developed sufficiently to be more than a
match for FitzsimnIons.
McCoy's record certainly shows that he
possesses marvellous hitting power and
science for man of. his weight and expert
euce. He weighs only 154 pounds, and is,
therefore, middlew eight, SO that he will
have to take on considerable weight in the
next two years to be physically capable
of fighting man in a higher class.
Kid Mccoy ASA figbteris unquestion-
ably one of the aciererest OF the younger
generation of fighters. Hei is a remarkably
good ring general, never losing his head
and always ready to take advantage Of his
opponents weaknesses During bis career
as a pugilist Mccoy has won more than
forty lights. His greatest victories. were
over Jim" Daily, Tommy" Ryan, "Mys-
teIioBs Billy Smith and "Ein" Duherty,
the Australian middleweght champion
The fight. however, which placed him in
the front rank of middlcweight pugilists
was his victory over Tommy Ryan at
Maspeth two years ago.
From the first round to the fifteenth,
when Mccoy knocked Ryan out, he always
had the better of the fight He was per-
fectly cool during the entire fight and
gave Ryan terrible beating.
On the strength of his showing with RYAN
the Kid was subsequently to box Joe
Choynski on March %, 1895, at the Grand
Central Palace. Four rounds were spared,
but no decision was given. The Kid held
his own with the big Californian heavy
weight, although he was considerably light
err Later he defeated Frank BoSw orth the
sparring instructor of the New Mani att an
Athletic Club, In two 70 ounds, and two weeks
afterw ard put Jim DAILY, Corbett's former
sparring partner, to sleep in three rounds.
He then defeated Dick Moore and ''Mys-
terious'' Billy Smith, getting the decision
over the former In ten rounds and over the
latter in six rounds
There being no other men of his class in
sight, and despairing of getting ON another
match, owing to the pronounced superiority
he mad shown over the remaining candi-
dates for middleweight championship hon
ors, he decided to go abroad and try to
conquer champions OF other parts.
Three months ago he made his debut in
Johannesburg, South Africa His opponent
was Joe Doherty middleweight champion
of Australia 1t was a rafting fight and
honors were quite even for four rounds.
After that it was another story. The
Kid had taken his opponents measure
and he outpointed him, finally knocking
Doherty out with right-hander on the
jaw in the ninth round.
Mccoy, who stands five feet eleven
inches, was born in Rush county, Indi-
ana. October g, 1878. He was christened
Norman Selby, but for obvious reasons as
sumed the name of Charles kid" Mccoy.
His first ring engagement was with pete"
Jackson, the colored featherweight. of ST.
Paul. and the Kid won in four rounds
Since that time he has engaged in forty
four battles, winning all but two. His
first defeat was sustained at the hands
of s'BilIy" Steffers, of Cleveland, Ohio
Mccoy claimed that the referee in this