Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1860 — The Coming Fight. [ARTICLE]

The Coming Fight.

On the 16th d<y of April next, in E g- j land, there will tie a great fighc fur the “championship of the world,” whatever that may be. Mr. J. C. Heenan appears for the United Sta'es. and Mr. T. Sayers for England. Purse £ 1,000 a side. He .man is six feet one and a half inches in his stocking feet; fighting weight 192 to 196 pounds; u£re 25 years. Sayers is five feet and six inches in height; fighting weight 156 pounds; age 34 years. Sayers has fought and won many battles in the prize ring. He can stand a vast deal of punishment, is very skillful, and is game to ihe hitter end. Heenan deals stunning blows and when they hit they do j tremendous execution. Unquestionably he would have taken the belt at Long Point had he not mistaken a post for.l. Morrissey’s head. He is a splendid lellow physically, but the backers of Sayers count largely on his lack of skill and rash desire to smash things at once. They think Thomis will adroitly avoid Keen m's sledge-hammer blows and gradually worry him out. This may be so, but Heenan bus procured experienced and scientific trainers, is sanguine of thrashing Thomas, and is enthusiastically backed by thousands of tho short-haired fraI ternity on this side of the Atlantic.