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Cap · 11-10-2018, 03:51 PM

Excerpt from New York Evening Courier - October 1897....Shortly after the loss to Jeffries Ray Mercer signed to fight tough Jack "Big Six" McCabe at New York...Both men were coming off KO losses but Mercer had, in the last year, beaten Jack Stewart, Larry Frazier, Jimmy Bivins and Jack Munroe...After the win over McCabe, Mercer signed up as chief sparring partner for world champion Jack Johnson as he prepared for Sam McVea...Former Western Canadian amateur champion George McRay had been riding an unbeaten streak (14-0-4) as a pro against average opposition when he signed to meet Pittsburgh Jack Kelliher (21-6-0) in front of a partisan crowd in Calgary's Sherman Rink....Jim Jeffries picked Philadelphia Jack O'Brien as his next opponent figuring the wily defensive boxer would be good preparation for a hoped for rematch with Johnson and told reporters he expected an easier go the second time round now he was in top fighting trim....Kentucky's Marvin Hart had only one loss on a foul and a narrow points loss to Mike Schreck since May of 1896 when he tangled with Larry Frazier in Seattle....Frazier, although past his best, was 7 and 1 in his previous 8 with all his wins coming by way of knockout....Denver Ed Martin's career is back on track now with three decent wins in a row following his crushing losses earlier in the year to the ring worn George Godfrey and Oxnard's McVea....Making his pro debut on the undercard of the Russell-Ryan fight in Boston is young Vincenzo Ferrante of Worcester, Massachusetts fighting as "Joe Dundee"....

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Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,944	Excerpt from New York Evening Courier - October 1897....Shortly after the loss to Jeffries Ray Mercer signed to fight tough Jack "Big Six" McCabe at New York...Both men were coming off KO losses but Mercer had, in the last year, beaten Jack Stewart, Larry Frazier, Jimmy Bivins and Jack Munroe...After the win over McCabe, Mercer signed up as chief sparring partner for world champion Jack Johnson as he prepared for Sam McVea...Former Western Canadian amateur champion George McRay had been riding an unbeaten streak (14-0-4) as a pro against average opposition when he signed to meet Pittsburgh Jack Kelliher (21-6-0) in front of a partisan crowd in Calgary's Sherman Rink....Jim Jeffries picked Philadelphia Jack O'Brien as his next opponent figuring the wily defensive boxer would be good preparation for a hoped for rematch with Johnson and told reporters he expected an easier go the second time round now he was in top fighting trim....Kentucky's Marvin Hart had only one loss on a foul and a narrow points loss to Mike Schreck since May of 1896 when he tangled with Larry Frazier in Seattle....Frazier, although past his best, was 7 and 1 in his previous 8 with all his wins coming by way of knockout....Denver Ed Martin's career is back on track now with three decent wins in a row following his crushing losses earlier in the year to the ring worn George Godfrey and Oxnard's McVea....Making his pro debut on the undercard of the Russell-Ryan fight in Boston is young Vincenzo Ferrante of Worcester, Massachusetts fighting as "Joe Dundee".... Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; 04-19-2019 at 12:24 PM.