SULLIVAN V KILRAIN.
[FXB PBJSSS ASSOCIATION.] Received July llth, 11 a.m. London, Jiuy 10. Smith and Mitchell have both challenged Sullivan to fight them for the championship. Received July llth, 12.30 p.m. New York, July 10. During the fight between Kilrain and Sullivan the former struck his opponent foul blows three times, and also spiked his foot. Sullivan exhibited surprising wrestling powers, and threw Kilrain twenty times. The former did not show any signs of distress till the forty-seventh round, and only suffered slightly, but Kilrain was severely punished.
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7360, 12 July 1889, Page 5
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