 Gleason seemed to do his better work in the later rounds, pushing the judges to make the draw ruling.Duffy fought an important bout against William McMillan on October 30, 1888, winning from a seventeenth round foul, around Fort Foote, Virginia, South of Washington D.C. McMillan had taken the championship of both Lancastershire England against Tom Keenan and of Scotland against Tom Kelly around 1887.Both competitors wore thin, skin tight gloves.