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Henri Placke Hw
HENRI PLACKE HW
Hometown - Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Henri Placke came to America in 1904 boasting that he was the Holland Clog Boxing Champion and that he could take any American boxer. A match was made with Kid McCoy to be held in Philadelphia. The results were not good for the Dutch Clog Boy. The Daily Review Newspaper described the bout as follows:
"Herr Placke, the champion of Holland, made a sorry spectacle of himself last night in a fight with Kid McCoy at the Lenox Club. Standing six inches taller and weighing over seventy pounds more than his pale-faced opponent, he was beaten almost insensible in less than four minutes. Placke never laid a glove on McCoy, except when the men clinched, and the cool, calculating McCoy darted in and out and around his burly opponent, almost like lightning. He would feint with his right and then drive his left to the face viciously, scarcely ever failing to bring the blood. Before the first round ended, Placke was covered with blood from his neck to the waist and both eyes were almost closed. Just before the gong sounded announcing the close of the first round, McCoy drove a vicious left flush to the chin, dropping Placke like a log. The gong saved him from being knocked out. He was carried to his corner, only to be knocked out ten seconds after the opening of the second round. McCoy feinted with the right and then drove his left square to the point of Placke's nose. The latter intuitively placed his left hand over the damaged organ and dropped to his knees. The blood was running from him in a stream. As he knelt by the ropes, the police appeared at the ringside and stopped the bout."
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