If he had been a prize fighter, Grant would have fought like a saloon brawler. He would have bitten the face and gouged the eyes his opponent and this would have enabled him to win against less hardy opponents. Against Lee, the scientific boxer, he would have lost the match when the referee declared Lee the victor because he had scored more points,. But in his memoirs "Four Years an Unvanquished Contender" Grant would have claimed that he had won the match because Lee had been about to collapse when the bell rang.