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A GLOVE STORY

Miles Templeton

Boxing historian

ON Saturday, July 26, 1890, a challenge appeared within the pages of with the following words: “Harry Peter of Islington says he is surprised at Joe Caly challenging him for the third time, he having already defeated him twice, once with the raw-‘uns and once with two-ounce gloves. Peter, however, will have much pleasure in meeting Caly at the Crooked Billet, Ponders End,

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