Australian light and middle weights are probably inferior to the best men of the same class In England and America. Ben Seth, not at the head of his department in the old country, rather easily disposed of Jack Hall and Murphy, undoubtedly our two best light weights, while young Mitchell proved himself superior to Our men of the medium division. If Australian boxers are to gain E re-eminence, it must be by means of the eavy-weights Jackson andSlavin. Of these two men we believe the former to be the better boxer, though as a ring-fighter Sla vic, promises well. In a ring-fight on wet turf, Jackson's legs, and perhaps his courage, may give way; but in a boxing match on the boards it would now be idle to deny that he Is well nigh invincible. He is tall and strong, with a tremendous reach, and possesses a panther-like activity which is really marvellous in so big a man. He can use both hands well, and being one of the Mace school his straight left gives him an enormous advantage over those modern boxers who rush in and depend on the right hand for a chance knock-out. Compared to the clever West Indian, the strong and savage Slavin Is very slow; moreover, when excited, he is apt to for get all style and go for his opponent in rough-and-tumble fashion, as shown by his encounters with Costello and Jack Burke. When Slavin defeated '* Buffalo," as the cute Yankee, who was settled In Melbourne, is called, he had the advantage of fighting on turf, to which the American was" totally unaccustomed. When they met on boards the smaller man more than held his own. Slavin had the best of his recent encouuter with Burke, but then he was favoured in several respects. The ring was of reduced size, and the so-called Irish Lad foolishly forced the fighting in stead of keeping out of reach and wearing out his opponent, as a smaller man should always do. The success of Jackson and Slavin, whatever it may ultimately amount to, will depend as much on the present dearth of good heavy-weights as on anything else. Though Jackson possesses a combination of boxing attributes seldom found in so big a mau, it is likely enough that he would soon have gone down before such heavy-weights. 