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Show - - ' WHEN 'VHEN VHEN FIGHTERS FOUGHT . . Prize Prize-fighting Prize fighting - . fighting is hasmany not a particularly elevating sport , , yet it has ha ; - devotees Tnany -many many , even among persons of high official and social sociaposition socialposition -position position - - . . Ladies Ladles of unquestioned DOUts bouts boximbouts in in large numbers . standing are frequenting frequentmg boxing < 4 ConsiderIng ? % ? " the unsatlsfactory unsatIsfactory exhibitions which have beei been taged staged ed of late , even vorId world , among fighters who have held heldor hpM or nr aspIred iro/i iro i / to + championships , 'It It ' is remarkable that the boxing has been able to game 1.hat 1hat that 1.hatcomparisons thatcomparisons . comparisons hold its customers so well 1 . It is is natural , therefor- therefor therefore thereforMany - , are being made between the old-timers old timers - - . . mQdern modern pUgIlists and Many have speculated , for example , on what would have hap hap- - pened if 1f John L . Sullivan in his pnme prime had met a fighter flghter like hke JackI JackDempsey Jack JackUempsey JackDempsey I Uempsey Dempsey or Tunney . No one will ever know , but when it is remembered that Sullivan Sulli- Sulli Sullivan Sulli Sullivan - van and KIllam Krliain Kill am fought 75 rounds with bare knuckles in m the lastchamplonslnp last lastchampIOnsl1p lastchampionship champIOnsl1p champlonslnp } contest under London prize ring rmg rules , the staminaof stamina staminaof staminaof of those old-timers old timers - - can not be discounted . . That was in 1889 1889since , since which time gloves have been used , , and no championshIp championshIpbattle championshipbattle championshipbattle battle has lasted moie mOle mote than 26 rounds under the new rules . Under the old London baie-knuckle baie knuckle bale-knuckle bale - rules a round did d1d not enduntil end enduntIl enduntil untIl one of the fighteis flghtel fighters s was on the ground . . Then , after only 30seconds 30 30seconds 30seconds seconds rest , , they went at it again . As Jack Dempsey has pointed pomted out , while Sullivan SuIlivan in in his de- de delme declime de decline - - cline clime lme was defeated by Jim Coibett COlbett Corbett in a glove contest , , Sullivan SullivanI Sullivanwent Sullivanwent I went to his 111S grave as the undefeated bare-knuckle bare knuckle bare.knuckle bareknuckle - . champion . In InI IncOmparIgOn Incomparison I comparison cOmparIgOn with Sullivan most of our modern model11 fighters seem lIkemollycoddles likemollycoddles like mollycoddles . . . |