TERRIBLE PRIZE FIGHT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2394, 12 November 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

TERRIBLE PRIZE FIGHT.

A .most determined prize fight came off on August 11th, at the house of a wellknown sportsman, within a mile of Shorodith Church, near London, between George Mahoney, ulius “Bravo ’Un,” twenty-five years of age, and William Perrin, alias “Old ’Un.” Mahoney’s seconds were Bob Preston and Jack Hicks, and Perrin, was seconded by James Flynn and Ait Crisp. The men fought iu a most desperate manner for an hour and three-quarters, and at the cud of forty-three rounds were each so terribly punished that the seconds stopped the tight. Mahoney was rendered stone blind in one eye and Perrin had one of his eyes ripped open. When the fight was stopped it was impossible to say which man had the advantage. This is the third time the men have met, and on each occasion the fight ended in a draw. Mahoney works as a sawyer iu the vicinity of Hoxton. Perrin is ill years old, and works as a painter. The stakes were £lO a-side. After the fight there was a champagne dinner at the hostelry where the encounter took place, the combatants sitting side by side. Jem Smith, the champion, was present both at the fight and dinner.