Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
HE WANTS TO BE THE CHAMPION Oh,
ALL CHAMPIONS.
CREEDON TALKS OF HIS DEFEAT
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT He HAD NO
CHANCE TO WIN.
Mccoy Talks of the Future-Corbett
Says He Is the Best MiddIeweisht
the World Has Produced
General News of the
Sporting World.

New York, Dec. IS.-In ar interview after
his fight with Creedon. Kid Mccoy said:
Il expected to win. and l was therefore
not disappointed. don't want to be con-
sidered egotistical. when l say that Creed
on was outclassed from the start. His
gameness. however, surprised me. He
fought an uphill battle from the start and
] 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 a chance blow. and that
is why / admired him. He took an awful
punching and gave me some good blows in
return. but I always felt that it was a
matter of time when he would succumb.
He is n good, game fellow and puts up a
great hight, for which / admire him. As
regards my future, l intend to remain 4
pugiiist as long as I can win and there is
money in the game. Now that l am the
m~iddleweight champion of the world, l am
ready TO defend the title against any man
In my class. Some day when | get heavier
j expect to challenge the heavyweights, for
j aspire 10 the heavyweight championship
OF the world. i want 10 see an American
mold that title once again, and l hope l am
tht Aiii'llCdN IuslllSt destined TO mold 1T
Ddh freedom said: I have no excuses TO
make for my defeat. | met a better man
ard that tells the story. Mccoy is a
greater lighter, greater in fact. than / had
any idel He outclassed re in every re-
spect- He WIS cleverer ana faster and
more scientific. l simply was not in it
ana L want TO give him all the credit he
Is entitled to. When l went into the ring
l did not know that he could defeat me,
put Know now that / have not i chance
with him. The blow which really started
me going WAS 4 left handler over the right
eye in the third round. II fractured a
bone and made me dizzy afterwards. Nc
championship honors."
Sam Austin. who refereed the fight. said:
1 must confess that | am surprised that
Cfeedon managed TO take McCoy's terrible
blows for so long a time. The Australian
was outclassed from the start. He never
mad a chance after the first blow was |
strCck. Mccoy always held him safe and
me punching which Creedon received
stamps him as one of the pluckiest men
Who ever put on a glove. When he went |
aoWn the second time it was only 10y "a
supreme effort on the Australians part
mat he managed to scramble to his feet
ana 9void being counted out.
i had counted ten, and was about to an |
hounce nm out. when he got on his feet. |
ne wi was so grosgy then that he could
II was a most humane act on the part OF
ms seconds TO throw up the sponge in the
llteenth round; He was hOpelessly beaten.
The remarkable battle he fought was a
revelation TO me. Mccoy is a wonderful
iishter, and has n great future before him
providing he takes the best of care of him
self. Some day i would not be surprised to
world"
James J. Corbett said: Charles McCov
mas a great future as a pugilist if he fol-
lows the rules of health. BY that i mean if
he lives a good. temperate life. He proved
by his decisive victory over Creedon thar
he is the best fighter of his weight in the
world. He demonstrated that he possesses
ore quality for which many persons did not
give him credit, and that is his ability TO
take punishment. He took MANY n hard
blow from Creedon and proved himself
and used one hand as well as the other. He
is n good ring general, very cool. knows
bow to feint and how to tax advantage of
that faculty. He has great natural advan-
tages. BY that I mean height and reach.
When he is more fully developed, which /
should think would be within about two
as he is still a very young man, he
VIII be able to successfully cope with, the .
men I'm the heavyweight class.
Il regard him now not In the light of a
possible. but of a probable. heavyweight
champion. He is a great fighter and no
Dan Stuart said: 81 have always been a
great admirer of Mccoy and i bet my
money on him against Creedon. He always
me as being n wonderfully clever
man. Mccoy will some day be the heavy
weight champion of the world. He Is too l
which he should take on during the s
next year or two, ii should place him in a {
10 fight for the title successfully. !
He Is one of the best two-handed fighters /
md ring general / ever saw in my life. He '
s always cool and collected and never I
oses his head. He is quick to take an adj /
of an opening and last nights bat
lie shows that he can take a punchinrr {