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Clipping from The Toronto Telegram evening edition May 1899....(Pictured below clockwise: New Canadian heavyweight boxing champion Johnny Jackson of Toronto; former Canadian champion Sandy Ferguson; Bob Day noted contender; and Danny Whitebear a member of the Opaskwayak Cree fighting out of Winnipeg.) At Montreal's Delormier Stadium some 8,000 fans saw Johnny Jackson out-box a weary-looking Sandy Ferguson seven rounds to four and put the big man down twice, for counts of nine and three....Sam Langford, fresh off his capture of the North American Boxing Federation title belt was in the ring to present Jackson with the Canadian title belt....In the semi windup Danny Whitebear took a decisive win in ten over 'Gros Jos' Montferrand, putting him down for an eight count in the last minute of the last round....At Hamilton Arena Montreal's Art Beaudoin chalked up another win with a KO over local boy Frank Osborne....The rubber match between Ross Delaney and George McRay ended in disappointment for the 2,500 paying customers when McRay was disqualified by referee Cappy Smart after an obvious low blow...PEI's Bill MacKinnon lost a surprising decision to native Massachusetts son Charlie Haghey after six rounds in Boston, the decision being met with stunned silence....