Slavin the Boxer

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5435, 27 March 1889, Page 4

Slavin the Boxer

— ♦ — The Sydn«y Bulletin has the following aarcastic article on ,ome pugilists of colonial notority:— . The redoubtable showmanpnz^ ngnUT Mr Jack Burke, has at last been inveigU'd into a ring, to meet a nian who rea y meant to hit him, and who d^ hit him, with tho result >hat Mr B .rke was ba.i.y doubled Uisinsule uf throw rounds. Ah a prize fighting marvel Mr Burke can ih.w follow Vh« exampl.. of thel.ttlo b-y« m Peraell's verses, who — Subsided and became Among the things that wero The question now naturally arises how K .K,dißthßO«luTmau-iVIrF. P. blavu. If cis just about this good— he is the boaman i» Australia at tho present day. When Black Jackson comes back, it the two meet, go your whole pile on Slavin. He will 'do up' Black Jackson itiiU as suro as possible. We do not say this because ho beat Burke, nor because he beat Dooley, Bince neither of those men are r.-nlly first quality, but to anyone. WHO HAS STUDIED MEN AND THEIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS. he shows all the aignc ■ f a real athlete. A good judge of men can pick out the moat likely looking customer among a lot of prize fighters, in ]vat the same way a? a good judge of horses can pick out the most likely looking horae from a mob in a yard. It isn't the size or tho weight which tells, but there is a combination of strength, wirineßS, and endurance which Btampa the true gladiator. As an instance of what we mean— let anyo'ie contrast the English football team that came out here with the American baaeballers. The latter were undoubtably the bigger men, and incomparably more 'flash': the papers all raved of *heir wonderful physique; bub if the two teams had been turned loose into a room together, t« fight out the question of which were the best men with nature's weapons, the Britishers would have chawed up the others, big as they were. In the same way SLAVIN HAS GKAND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. He is a giant ; his great wiry arms hang down alongside his deep hairy chest, and his ribs are round »nd full, and, lie has, unlike Jackson, good leg 3, and the muscles stand out all {over him. Plenty big men are not athletes, but Slavin is rs hard as nails — a born fighter. If he ever thinks at all he must do it with his feet as he has no forehead or brain development whatever ; this is all the better, as THE PRBSENCB OF BRAIN ONLY MAKES AN ATHLETE WOKRY. and lie awake at night. The reader may remember in tho Christmas number of this paper, a picture of a huge miner whose head was shaved by a Chinaman ; the back view of the miner as he locks at himself in the glass, is a magnificent picture of Slavin. Ono might almost think he had sat as a model. It is no good telling us that any nigger ever born or bred can beat a man of that shape and style. Jackson has good arms and grand shoulders, but he has too much waist ; he is not ribbed home, as the horsey men say. Besides being a big man, and a good big man, Slavin can fight. There is TOO MUCH OF THE KEEP-AWAY-OUT-OF DANGER BUSINESS among the pugilists of the present day. They are all very scientific, no doubt, but they stand about too much, and don't hit enough. When Slavin goes into the ring and circles round after his foo you can see that he 13 possessed of one idea only — he is simply yearning to feel that tremendous right hand of his smash against the other man's face. He does very little defensive work. He bores in and chances a smack or two for the sake or landing a good flush hit on the other man in some place where it will be appreciated. This is the right way for a big man to fight. Any other man WOULD HAVE BEEN DANCING ABOUT THE STAGE for eight rounds after Mr Jack Burke — advancing, retreating, feinting, countering and co forth, wasting his strength and making the inevitable draw. Slavin simply startad in to hit him, and chanced anything he might get in return, and he decided the matter so effectually that the police had to interfere. If you want any Btronger evidence of Slavin being something uncommon, just remember that he a professional prize-fighter, has actually considerably hurt two men who stood up againßt him. What more can you want ?