威廉吉尔迪亚在传记里回忆到,虽然困难重重,但是甘斯在1906年做到了似乎不可能做到的事情。他挫败了来自内华达州金矿市的美裔丹麦选手贝特林纳尔逊,成功地捍卫了自己世界第一的称号,以最受拥戴的胜者姿态告别了拳击场。这场耗时两小时四十八分钟的比赛是20世纪最漫长的拳击赛,当纳尔森因蓄意打在甘斯的腰下部位而被判出局时,就连头发花白的老矿工也大声呐喊起来。
Extraordinary stoicism earned Gans his lasting popularity in America. Born andbrought up in Maryland, a state bordering on the old Confederacy, he had to put up with theeveryday humiliations suffered by all African-Americans there. And, on top of these, he hadalso to tolerate the particular horrors suffered by America s black sportsmen.
超凡的忍耐力为甘斯赢得了美国人民经久不衰的爱戴。乔甘斯生在马里兰,长在马里兰,这个州紧挨着老联盟,他每天都要忍受当地所有美裔黑人都会遭受的羞辱。除此之外,他还要忍受美国黑人运动员都会遭受的恐吓。
Gans, a naturally polite and cheerful man, was tutored always to show restraint by BobFitzsimmons, a world champion at three weights, who argued that you should do as youwould be done by. In consequence, Gans learnt to remain impassive in the face of themost egregious provocations: even, for instance, when one opponent called him 133pounds of black meat and when another spat in his face as they squared up in the centre ofthe ring.
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