THE PRIZE-FIGHT BETWEEN FOLEY AND HICKEN.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 373, 20 March 1879, Page 2

THE PRIZE-FIGHT BETWEEN FOLEY AND HICKEN.

THE VICTORIAN CHAMPION DEFEATED. SPECIAL TO THE POST. Sydney, 20th March.

. Ths prize-fight between Foley and Hicken came oft" this morning. Elaborate preparations were made with the object of throwing the police off the scent, but there is a very general belief that the police from some cause or other, were not very anxious to prevent the fight, aud that they winked at the whole proceeding, purposely refraining from finding out tin locality of the fight. There were a considerable number of persons, chiefly of the betting fraternity, present. Hicken, the Victoriau champion, suffered a terrible defeat. The fight was a most severe one, the men coming up for round afctr round, it was soon seen, however, that Hicken, who is a much smaller man than his antagonist, could not reach Foley's face, and his blows therelore fell chiefly on Foley's body, while Foley was able to punish him in the face most severely. Hickou's sufferings must have been awful, judging from his appearance. His second did not throw up the sponge until it was clear that his man was fearfully overweighted, and could not by any possibility win the fight. Until tho men set-to Hicken found many backers, and it is stated that over £4000 was lost on him.