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WHEELING INTELLIGENCER
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1881
SULLIVAN vs FLOOD

THE PRIZE RING
Sullivan having whipped Flood Will be
Matched With Paddy Ryan

New York, May 17. -  The long pending prize fight between Sullivan, the noted pugilist of Boston, and Flood, of this city, was decided last evening on the Hudson river, nine miles above Yonkers. The men fought on board a barge. Sullivan won in eight rounds, knocking Flood out of time and punishing him fearfully. Sullivan will now be matched against Paddy Ryan, of Troy.

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WHEELING INTELLIGENCER
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1881
SULLIVAN vs FLOOD


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