Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 7. - A prizefight occurred this morning, near Nanticoke, between Tom Slavin, of Wanamie, and Mike Cavanaugh, of Nanticoke. The fight was a long and bloody one, twenty-one rounds being fought. Slavin was knocked down twenty-one times, and Cavanaugh was declared the winner. Both pugilists are terribly disfigured.
Brooklyn (New York) Daily Eagle, April 8, 1883.
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