Marciano was outfought and outmaneuvered in these early rounds. The game was hotly contested; several accounts wrote Vanderbilt was "outplayed but not outfought". The San Francisco Call said that "Gans was outboxed, outfought, and outgamed" by Britt. Over eight rounds, Klitschko completely dismantled and outfought the younger champion. The rearmost Roman squadron was also outfought by the Carthaginian's third squadron. Xu was outfought and lost on points. They had outfought Frederick's army in a test of nerve, courage and military skills. Gonzalez looked to have outfought and out-landed Pascal, hurting him on a couple of occasions. The inexperienced crews were no match for the well-drilled Carthaginians and were rapidly outfought.