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Leonard C. Bibby “The Long Lead” versus Percy Holtby “The Joiner”

Leonard C. Bibby winsStoppage · Round 6
The entry

The contest was stopped before the scheduled distance.

Bibby was billed as “The Long Lead” for this contest. He worked from the outside behind his long lead hand, using his reach to make an opponent cross the distance.

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The contest account

Round by round.

6 rounds

  1. Round 1

    Holtby advanced in a compact guard, taking care not to reach before his feet had followed. Bibby, billed as The Long Lead, gave a little ground and tested the approach with his left. Neither man surrendered the space cheaply, and the opening remained deliberate.

  2. Round 2

    Holtby shortened the last step of his advance and reached the inside more successfully. His brief work there made Bibby adjust rather than simply withdraw. Bibby answered on the way out, but Holtby had shown that the longer reach would not settle every exchange by itself.

  3. Round 3

    Bibby began moving before Holtby’s second step, leaving the pressure fighter to complete an approach towards an empty position. The lead hand returned more regularly as Holtby turned. Holtby remained composed, protecting his balance and waiting for a chance to finish closer than he had begun.

  4. Round 4

    Holtby took a firmer share of the centre and made the room feel smaller. He found useful passages when Bibby tried to recover the same exit twice. Bibby had to vary his direction and do more work with his feet before his counters became available again.

  5. Round 5

    Bibby’s adjustments began to hold. He let Holtby’s first movement pass, then placed the lead as the guard came back into view. Holtby was still advancing, but the distance opened between each attempt. His corner’s practical task was increasingly to restore an approach that would stay closed.

  6. Round 6

    Holtby tried to regain the inside at the start of the round, only to meet Bibby’s lead and a second answer as he recovered. Bibby kept the exchanges at his preferred length. Holtby could no longer make a sustained reply, and the contest was stopped in the sixth.