What the newspaper critics said about Nipper Pat:
'The best young prospect we ever had, Nipper Pat Daly.'
- Frank Butler, Daily Express
'One must admit that the boy is almost a genius with his boxing knowledge.'
- James Butler, The Sporting Chronicle
'In a class all by himself.'
- Norman Hurst, The Sporting Chronicle
'There is no boxer before the public at present who puts more vim and variety into his work than Daly. Although so young, he is a consummate artist with the gloves, and has an old head on his young shoulders. Daly believes in the Napoleonic policy of attack, and always attack. Even if he retreats he makes it an aggressive retreat.'
- Fred Dartnell, The Evening Standard
'We venture the assertion that there is not a better, a more scientific boxer, to be seen any where else in the world today.'
- John Murray, Editor of Boxing
'His skill is as near perfection as possible.'
- Reynolds's Illustrated News
'Pat promises to eclipse even Jimmy Wilde in the affections of the British public... Daly has won most of his fights in such a fashion as to convince the most sceptical that he is something approaching the wonder of the age.'
- Charlie Rose, The Daily Express
'Daly is of the stuff of which champions are made... it is only necessary to see him in the ring to be certain that he is a fighter by instinct... He stands correctly, so that he may punch with purpose from any angle. He thinks quickly, he has a rare sense of distance, his heart is gloriously big.'
- Ben Bennison, The Daily Telegraph
'Most of us who have watched Daly so often are willing to believe him capable of almost anything. His versatility is astounding... Daly is possessed of pretty well every trick and feint that is known to boxing.'
- The Daily Chronicle
'He is an incredible youngster; his like I have not encountered since I first happened upon Carpentier... Daly, I am delighted to say, is unspoiled. I almost doubt whether he is fully conscious of his accomplishments; may he remain unsophisticated. It is his naturalness that has caused him to be one of the most talked-of fighters in this country... Bearing no accidents there is no reason why the boy should not come to be a great... '
- All Sports Weekly
'He is well worth all the care that can be taken of him, for we have not looked on his like before as a young boxer.'
- Clyde Foster, The Evening Standard
'Properly handled, he may be the boxing wonder of the world.'
- The Star
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