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Show EACH IS CONFIDENT OF WINNING FIGHT SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. The t second meeting in the prise ring of Battling . Nelson and Toung Corbett j .which occur tonight at Woodwards' pavilion, promises to attract thousands of spectators for a. desperate contest between the light-weights is anticl-1 anticl-1 pa ted. Both men are confident and both are Jn the pink of condition. Although the betting Is at 10 to 8 with Nelson the favorite, Corbett' friends are not discouraged dis-couraged and much money has been put jap on their choice. . The men will tight at 130 pounds. Nelson says: , '.V "I am feeling as well as I ever felt In my life and' while I have had some trouble making the weight I dpn't feel any weak effect from It I know I will have a harder .battle with Corbett than ' before, but I -will get the money before the twentieth -round. If successful with Corbett I want to meet Jimmy Britt." " Corbett says: "Aa every one knows I have trained long and faithfully for my coming battle bat-tle T-Hh Nelson and I never was In bet-ferld1tlon bet-ferld1tlon In my life, i know Nelson is aTough one, but I expect to get the verdict by, the knockout route. ,. My other fight should not be counted, , as I .was out of condition." |