BOXING.
Joe Goddard and Sharkey decided their match in San Francisco on Nov. 20, The Australian was knocked out in the sixth round. On this the Pulletin says : — “ Australians who know anything of the game did not expect Joe Goddard to stand much show against Sharkey. Goddard
ever depended upon his power of taking punishment arid his stamina to pull him through, and a man who fights in that fashion is no good after the first blush of youth and strength. Mick Dooley and Joe Choynaki both got their rights on to Goddard, bringing him down ; but he pulled round and beat them by main strength. As Sharkey has all Goddard’s old-time devil, with science added, the sailor-man’s victory over the worn-out slogger was a foregone conclusion.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VIII, Issue 386, 16 December 1897, Page 8
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127BOXING. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VIII, Issue 386, 16 December 1897, Page 8
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