Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-21
,,,s Denver Champion Tells Of
Some of His Hard
Battles.
McovERN WAS THE TOUGHEST
y.,rIv Had Deuveritc Out in Their
first Fight at HartfOrd-Terfiiie
Swing on the Head.

:, 1, yery seldom you see a fighter OIL
,,lronce who does not exhibit some
s Of fierce ring battles Ihey wiz
ms" ., crooked nose. one that has been
ss,an "caulhower" ear, scare on
-. uns or a lump on a hand or an en-
nrsei finger Joint
ayoune Corbett," champion OF feather
-, hos none of these marks. In facI
:, has very few marks OF battle on ms
"a. Ms face Is as smooth as SEMI
s,,s glrls and not blemlsh can be de"
,sc,ed on his hands, lie has had to give
.na take some terrific punches
s 90 win his way TO- me top
ryns Of the puglllstlc LADDER, aiu
~ remarkable that he does hot
NAV some ugly mark from q Singing
Salnp In speaking OF the matter recent
~. Corbett said; Aa.o hoo,
lucky or not, but my HANDS aie as syunu
as, consier that | hit from most any
sSoston and am not particular whether |
IA On a fellows body or his bony head,
g,sss / must have been a little lucky
:, same through the way ! have VI
curse wear bandages on my hands, nut
,Ssy are no thicker or heavier than the
sysrase fighter wears, The splendid con-
Ston OF my hands may be due 10 the
net that / don do great deal OF
Tssaly hit straight out anil
vhtn fighter does this there Is less
Ingtr OF crlppllng yourself, but there
N, some straight punchers whose hands
A, bad. Take Fitzsimmons for exam
M He is not what YOU would call u
,vinging fighter yet see what trouble ne
has with his weapons.
"WhOm do you consider the best man
YOU ever foughtg' the little champion
was asked Silence ensued. Corbett was
n deep thought Finally he said II be,
leye that McGovern was the best man |
AVER fought. He was the best IN this way.
He was the most dangerous man ! ever
fought, II given an opportunity he would
dfop YOU with either hand. He had q
terrible punch. When ! fought him /
had to keep my mind on my work every
second ! remember after my last fight
with him here ] collapsed after 1t was
over and II was not from the work ! ala,
either The mental strain ] underwent
was what did me up. II Is terrible IN "a
fight know the people who sit beside
The ring don't appreciate the pressure n
fighter works under, Tho punishment u
fellow takes Is only a secondary matter.
when fought HanlOn / had TO use my
nOdde 10 plan a way OF Kicking him.
had to make study Of his scheme OF
defense and ofiense and fight accordingly
When / went In the ring ! had no Idea
howl would beat him, for did not know
hog he would box. Afyer fighting him 4
few rounds | came to the conclusion that
a right upper-cut was the blow that
~ould beat llanlon, and II did IL was
my right that cut his nose open and
started him 10 bleeding. Hanlon was a
dead game boy. but he did not have Nc
Governs punch, SO when ] was fghting
Eidle ] was not under the strain | was
when / met Terry. | didn't worry so
much about being knocked out"
Can you remember the hardest blow
you ever stopped" was the next question
fred az corbett.
II think ! do" was the champions re-
Spouse. and this time he replied without
FIST knitting his brows In thought. III
don't think that ! will ever forget the
blow Mc0overn planted on me In the first
round back In Connecticut In coming
out Of q cllnch he soaked me With his
flghl over the temple II was n peach
Fot a minute staggered and reeled,
AeGovern's friends noticed my condition
Instantly and what a howl they get up,
they thought they saw their money COM
lhg home quickly, McGovern was famous
lor being quick iinisher when he got his
man going, and knew this. Just for a
tecond | FELT myself going and you can
imagine what those feelings were. But
Kept my head and steadled myself until
my brain cleared, and then ] went back
e. him McGovern fought me to my
Eklng by bringing the battle to me and
knocked him out In the second round.