O'Brien, Fitz-James. "The Prize-Fight." New York Saturday Press. (1859-10-11).
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract
A boxing match is set amidst a peaceful community surrounded by nature's beauty. Two "lusty and tall" youths without malice toward one another are egged on by a “bestial crowd” of ruffians. They fight until their faces are but "illegible masses of flesh."