DEATH OF A PRIZEFIGHTER
Great consternation has been caused, in Birmingham by the announcement that James Ireland, the champion light weight, who was engaged in a most determined fight at Middleton, near Birmingham, a few days ago, had died from its effects. At the time the police pounced upon the ring, Ireland, who had fought over sixty rounds in ,an hour and a-half, escaped by retreating to the furniture waggon which had conveyed him and his backers to the ground. It is supposed he contracted his fatal illness during the exposure subsequent to fighting in the ring. He was summoned to appear at the Coleshill Petty Sessions with the others, but was absent in consequence of his illness, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension. He was recognised by the pugilistic fraternity as the most scientific boxer in the kingdom, and had made arrangements for a tour through the United States, on which he was to start immediately. The whole of the men already committed for trial for aiding and abetting at the fight will now be charged with manslaughter.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1018, 31 December 1881, Page 4
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188DEATH OF A PRIZEFIGHTER Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1018, 31 December 1881, Page 4
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