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a right swing and both laughed. John
son rushed and scored left on the
landed left on body. Willard asked:
rs that the way you do it?"
Round A.
Willard lunged Intellectually. John
son laughed at his clumsy efforts.
There was much feinting. Johnson
his right and left to the body and his
left to Wizards face. Wizards lip
-.ras bleeding. willard scored a. left to
j ohnsons S nose.
Round B.
johnson poked a light left and
right to WIZARDS face. The referee
ordered the fighters to break from a
clinch. The negro smashed a hard
one to Wizards ribs and drove three
blows to the cowboys stomach. The
champion rushed Willard to the ropes,
scoring punches to the head and to the
body. Willard was badly distressed.
The challenger was ratified and boxed
like an amateur.
Round 6.
The negro was calm at the opening
of this round. He beat Willard to the
ropes with a. fusillade of lefts. On
the break, johnson landed a smash to
the giants jaw. The negro rubbed
Wizards cut lip at every opportunity.
The negro landed three crashing
blows to Wizards unprotected body.
At the bell Johnson was hammering
hard at Wizards body. The cowboys
left cheek was cut.
Round Z.
johnson was using every artifice to
force the fighting. He rushed Willard
to the ropes, slugging with both hands
repeatedly. Wizards long left tenn
porarily blinded the negro's left eye:
johnson came back with series of
swings to Wizards body. It wy
very clean fight so far.
Round 8.
Willard was gaining confidence and
tried his hand at forcing the pace.
Johnson accepted the challenge. The
pugilists battered each other across
the ring, the negro having the better
of it. Willard landed on Johnson's
mouth. Then johnson uppercut Will
off the ropes and landed a left to the
jaw. The round ended with the negro
swinging blows to Willard's head.
Round 8.
Willard assumed the aggressive
Johnson started one of the cowboys
ears bleeding. The champion landed
frequently but his blows appeared to
lack their old time power Amidst
feinting, the crowd shouted, Kill the
black bear" johnson Immediately
started a rally by driving three hard
hooks to Wizards stomach A left
by Willard started the negro's mouth
bleeding. The latter slugged the
white man to the ropes.
johnson was slow in coming from
his corner. Willard scored two leItS
to the face. Jess was blocking better
as his nervousness wore off. Johnson
swung left to Wizards ribs and sent
a half dozen blows to Willard's BODY
and jaw. The negro Knocked Willard
to the ropes with right and left swings
to the stomach. A hard right chop
staggered Willard.
Round II.
The crowd derided Johnson who
was fighting and answering their sal
lies at the same time. Willard drove
left to the negro's mouth and took a
right hook to the body in return
Johnson smashed the cowboy with a
left to the jaw. Jess blocked several
swings. Johnson then tried to rattle
Willard by talking. The latter angrily
replied in kind johnson tapped the
slow round.
The negro opened with left to the
body and a right to the jaw. In a
clinch he smashed Willard three times
with his left. johnson then drove
right TO the body and a left to the
head. His blows apparently had no
effect on Willard Wizards ear and
cheek were bleeding. He walked
spryly to his corner at the bell.
Round 13.
WIZARDS body now was red from
the effects of the punishment of the
negro. The negro ducking under his
opponents leads, continued to play for