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rights with Corbett that he didn't drop
With this punch
Corbett has gothic best right hand
uppercut Of any Of the little fighters in
the ring today. Fighters who crouch
like McGoyern and Hanlon are human
targets for this blow Most boxers
make a mistake IN using an uppercut,
by stepping in with the left foot and
drawing the right glove down below
the hid, In order Ia send 1T up 10 their
opponents chin. In doing this they
leave their own jaw ITO Let" and q
clever fighter Will beat them 70 the
punch with a short left iab or hook
which has only half the distance to go
that an upperCut drawn from the hip
has Corbett in using an uppercut
sendsit from whore he would a straight
right only turning his hand until the
knuckles are down as he starts the
punch. II Is only when his opponent IS
groggy. that the champion pulls an NJ.
percut from below the hip.
AS AN IN-FIGHTER.
doubt II there Is a lightweight In the
ring today who can show supremacy
over the Denver boy at infghting. |
have seen Corbett. while in training.
hold his own In the mix-ups with Joe
Cans, Otto Seloff. Dave Barry, Joe
Youngs and Philadelphia Tommy Ry-
an.
II was Corbett's showing against
these lightwelghts that impressed me
Of his ability TO defeat McGoyern, |
have seen lighters who do themselves
more injury when fighting at close
range than the man they are trying to
beat; they pull and maui and slug away
at random, simply wasting their
strength. This cannot be said Of Cor.
bett.
He Is as cool, az If he we're punching u
bag; no wrestling, nor unnecessary
moves with him. and he picks out his
punches "a he would pick cherries from
a tree Corbctt's long suit at iniightlng
is TO lay his head against his oppon-
ent's breast and slug. away at the body
with both hands. Terry McGovern Is
the originator OF this mode of fighting,
Al this Kind OF going a fighter gets
even with boxer for the left Jabs he
received on the nose at long range. |
have seen fighters who were trying TO
use the MCGovern- Corbett style OF In
fighting, but instead Of lighting their
way in to close quarters, and then drop
their gloves to the body. they would
start both hands going for their OPP
ponents body and leave their own jaw
open for any kind Of a wallop their an
tagonist saw fit to let go.
Corbett never starts 10 lombard his
adyersary's lower works, until h. Is
Oh n -
waiting for the referee to say break,
Corbett bends his body, lays his head
on his opponents breast, and unlike q
great many fighters, whose arms work
like plstons, but no steam behind them,
Corbett sends all the weight he possibly
can behind these short body jolts, II is
seldom that Corbett finds It necessary
to take the defensive at close quarters,
but when compelled to do so, his think
tank contains quite a few blocks and
stalls,
FElNTS WITH HIS BODY.
While COrbett's method OF fentng
may not be- as pretty, or have the effect
To draw a lead from an opponent, as
some Of Our.cleVer fighters still 4 be-
lieye the Denver boys IL the best for
throwing weight behind a punch With
the exception Of a little fiddlng with
the left glove, the champion does all his
feInting with his body, which, when
feinting. moves to and fro like a rock
ing chair by felntng I'm this manner
Corbett can best judge distance, regu-
late his blows, ana hit from any angle.
The Denver boy cannot be called q
clever defensive fighter. 1t was his In
ability TO cover up when In distress,
that lost him the first contests with
YangeT and Broad.
In his battles with Yanger and Broad,
Corbett arose when knocked down, and
instead Of smothering up his chin and
stomach, and letting the blows land OIL
his gloves, then drop TO his knees for
few seconds count Corbett would reel
around the ring trying to land with
diving punch until he was battered to
the floor
COrbett depends on slipping a punch
with his head or stepping away and
counterlng aud always fights on tho
offensive.