 Sullivan defeated Robert Caunt, one of his best known opponents, in eight rounds and twelve minutes at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.The full contract for the fight between Sullivan and Hyer was signed by both parties on 7 August 1848 at New York's Ford's tavern, though the fight did not take place until six months later.Sullivan met Tom Hyer, a native New Yorker of Dutch heritage, at a fine restaurant at the corner of New York's Broadway and Park Place, early in 1849.