I am, indeed, and until this mite,
Y"?" came alone. Jem Driscoll and
I entered the arena were considered by
Britons the greatest boxers in the
world. Didn't the wizard Jem come
here and show up Abe Attel, then
the other champion? And did Leachie Cross, outweighing his opponent,
invited Love on
Lisco in the rounds? No:
And they say on the other side that
Lido is even more clever than Driscoll
And Wilde weighs exactly ninety-eight pounds in fighting trim
We Americans can judge Wilde's
ability only by comparative means.
Several months ago, Johnny Young,
sealing 112 pounds, went across
the ring and fought Wilde. The
bout was scheduled to go twenty
rounds. Rosnor's seconds tossed a
foul. The ring token of defeat
Rosnor was the best of American
flyweights. If we may call a 112-pounder
a flyweight, Wilde scaled 102 pounds
for that bout. Yet the Briton made
a bow of his American opponent, and
could have knocked him out at any
after the second round.
One of Wilde's ring idiosyncrasies
when opposing an inferior lighter is
to amuse himself and the spectators
by making his antagonist miss while
the ducks and glides around without
offering to return a blow.
But Wilde does not lack  A fighting instinct. He is an aggressive battler, never backs away under fire.
He never misses exchange of blows is invited, Wilde always hurls his little body right into the fray, and never withdraws until the other fellow goes down. Wilde has never gone down yet.
Wilde is a physical freak, as it were. 