O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 33
the Greeks with the brutal cestus, or armedglove. It is the very blow that a stronir, awk- IMPROVEMENT IN MODERN BOXING. 9 ward, iiruoraut man would strike, and therebydisable himself—for the round blow, wronglydelivered, is far more terrible to the giver than tothe receiver. Formerly, boxers… … KOU>D BLOW. (Instantaneous Photograph.) these came ofi with sprained joints or brokenwrists, while their opponents easily escaped theslow swing by -ducking, or threw up the elbowat an acute ansrle and smashed the delicate boneof the strikers forearm. The secret of striking the round blow…
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