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Tuesday is the important day for the
decision of the match be-
tween these big 'uns. The distance is within twenty miles
of
London, and those who "snuff the winds" of the "sweet
South,"
fragrant with the savour of last year's Hayes, will not be
far out
in their reckoning. Highly Addington, the late
Under-Secretary
of State, was particularly partial to this part of the
country. Both
men are in high condition - Nicholls the favorite, guiness
to
pounds. Nicholls makes his first appearance in public,
having
never before fought in the ring; he is a butcher by trade,
and is
expected to "cut up" well. Action is farther advanced in the
vale
of years, being six-and-thirty, and booked as rather stale.
Still
he is a good one, and has got off much of his superflueus
flesh.
His experience and staunch game are also in his favor. His
most
celebrated battle was with Peter Crawley, on the 6th of
May,
1823, which he fought with a degree of game and science
that
raised him high in the estimation of the Fancy. He was,
how-
ever, beaten in thirteen rounds, and sixteen minutes. He
also
fought Kendrick, the slashing black boxer, losing the first,
but
winning the second battle. His weirght may be about 13
stone,
and Nicholls is not far short of the same substance. Should
Ni-
cholls win, he will be backed against some of the first rate
stars.
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