Joe Gans vs. Walter Edgerton (2nd meeting)
Joe Gans beat Kentucky Rosebud by TKO in round 8 of 8
- Date: 1895-04-25
- Location: Front Street Theater, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
GANS WHIPS THE ROSEBUD.
The Gong Rings to save Edgerton from Going to Dreamland.
Joseph Gans, the colored light-weight champion of Maryland, administered a sound drubbing to Walter Edgerton, of Philadelphia, (the Kentucky Rosebud,) at the Eureka Club's bouts at Front Street Theatre last night. The Rosebud is black in color and has a record as a fighter, having among others the great George Dixon in his list of victims. He once put Dixon to sleep in three rounds. On April 1 he tried to stop Gans at the Monumental Theatre in six rounds, but failed.
Few though the Baltimore boy would be able to stay the eight rounds which he was billed to spar last night. Gans was expected to fight on the defensive, but he did nothing of the sort. He started the leading and continued it to the end. In the fourth round Gans had the Rosebud groggy and in the last, the eighth, he had him at his mercy and the gong had to be rung in the middle of the round to save the Bud, who was nearly knocked out.
The storm of applause which began in the fourth round continued during the final rounds. Gans escaped without injury. He proved himself the more clever man, and the bout showed that Edgerton was only a right-arm fighter, who is not dangerous to a fealess man who goes at him.
The first round was not fast. Gans was first to lead, and excepting a few passes nothing was done. In the second Gans became aggressive and had a shade the better of the round. The Rosebud got in a hard right on the face in the third round and had the better of the round, landing at the finish another good body blow.
In the fourth round Gans had the "Bud" going, but could not follow up his advantage. In the fifth Gans took matters easy, but did the better work. The Rosebud was waiting a chance to use his mighty right. In the last part of the sixth round he got his right in good and hard on Gans's body, but excepting that blow Gans had the better of the round.
Round seven started with Gans forcing matters, and he hammered Edgerton all over the ring. The call of time helped the Rosebud, as he was weak at the finish of the round. The eighth round was a hot one, but Gans had all the better of it, time being called after Gans had punched the Rosebud into helplessness.
--The Sun, 1895-04-26.