P. G. Wodehouse

“ This picture might have encouraged Sheen more if he had not reflected that he was just as likely to fall into this error as were his opponents.
"What you want to remember is to keep that guard up. Nothing can beat that. And push out your left straight. The straight left rules the boxing world. And be earnest about it. Be as friendly as you like afterwards, but while you're in the ring say to yourself, 'Well, it's you or me', and don't be too kind." ”

“ Straight left—guard up.
"Seconds out of the ring."
Guard up. Not too high. Straight left. It beats the world. What an age that man was calling Time. Guard up. Straight—
"Time," said the referee.
Sheen, filled with a great calm, walked out of his corner and shook hands with his opponent. ”

“ All things come to him who waits, and among them is that unpleasant sensation of a cold hand upon the portion of the body which lies behind the third waistcoat button.
The boxing had begun with a bout between two feather-weights, both obviously suffering from stage-fright. They were fighting in a scrambling and unscientific manner, which bore out Mr Bevan's statements on the subject of losing one's head. Sheen felt that both were capable of better things. In the second and third rounds this proved to be the case and the contest came to an end amidst applause. ”