Creighton did not seem up to his usual form. "Slugger" chased the doughty Briton around the ring, wasting no blows. If there was a Chance he took it With eyes on Creighton's face, the least little waver was sufficient to send Jones in with both arms swinging "haymakers"
The next round saw Jones assert his superiority decisively. Body blows that were recorded on the judges' score charts surely threw the margin in his favour.
Yet Creighton was too experienced a fighter to afford an opportunity for a knockout That was all Jones seemed to be hoping for but he never got a chance, The power was there, the aim, but Creighton was well covered, Jones seemed to throw his guard to the winds, Out for a knockout, and a knockout alone, he battled Creighton for the opening that never came. But the fight was his, after the first preliminary rounds.
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