sentences:  In the resulting melée, Brain suffered a beating that almost closed one of his eyes.When order was restored and a surgeon had lanced the swelling around the eye, he resumed fighting and within thirty minutes had forced Boone to quit in defeat.After soundly defeating William Corbally in 20 minutes on 31 December 1788 in Navestock, he finally received a scheduled contract to fight the English champion, Tom Johnson for a prize of £500 the following year.