Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-20 | Page 6 | Many Star Boxers Have Been Defeated by Going out of Class

MANY STAR BOXERS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED BY GOING OUT OF CLASS i I J Jack ack Dem 1 sev St Stanley sale y yI Ketchel e 1 Charles Kid Ivd McCoy O Y 1 I Jo Johnny I nn v I Kilbane and 0 Others theta Who to Were rere Cham Champions P ions at I. I Their The i Weight e h t A. A Aspired P fired Too H High n n h and end Were Tere rere Beaten 9 1 I h have nn always claimed if gallant Tack Jack Dempsey Ne Now York Fork Tan Jan 19 ace las t d di he have c pounds pounds- weight about about ht-about P real i had fought at nt his we and nd star added much more to his ilia hi brilliant ring record n longer as a's a n. pub p pugilistic I u would o uld P probably be alive ali enjoying good health today tonny welterweight lf n a nt at nut But Jack was so ambitious o t ts He was really only a poor battle in the tho middleweight g ht to in 1 business had I tho most and in m my Y opinion n no o inI in- in his flash mi int m in- I t division In nearly all his t training he endeavored to build up it most are t obliged to tio i stead of or decreasing as I n old olao areil beaten b by r Fitzsimmons 5 h he c f fought ou ht andI and Lon Long LonS' before tl the fie Non Nonpareil P was Campbell Red Roddy Reddy y Gald bal Gal Gal- Dave Dace knocked out out or ar d defea defeated e cd such heavyweights as I I Tim Jim Fell Walter Falter Cambell and others Dempe even cn a v en wanted w a n t ed to lo tako taho Jako Jake Kilrain Kilmin when it was as a a. question John L. L Sullivans Sullivan's s place agn against I whether Sullivan would be able to P put ut u up P. P a hard battle against Kilrain on onI n this I account of John L. L Ls L.'s s l long on g fit of sickness just dust previous precious to him making I important match t ako for Dem lo to insist upon combating ra m in t the he 1 It t was as a n fatal iota 1 mistake Dempsey P sec best hest weight at tho the time The Iho middleweight bt class which was Ras formidable Cornishman n not o t only broke brok Jack h the defeat of by crashing T P poor spirit as os well Fell He tea was s never ne thees the Demps es heart heart but his great grent eat fighting after and finally died Bled at Portland I Ore OI e on November sa same ame m a ga gallant pant battler wreck reck in utter despair I 1 1896 a a. P 1 Ai Kid d McCoy McCo y Made MacJe a 1 Mistake Going ing Against Tom Sharkey In his prime Charles Kid r id y yi was one one of the greatest middleweight middle middle- weight eight champions i under Q n rules es He also aspired to the tho successful in beating dott down n some soma big fellows g division ision and quite wei weight ht w was as q in inI in inthe n The Kid made a n great showing until he ran again s t Tom Sharkey i the rugged god brawn brawny sailor allot He ITe even knocked ed the first few rounds mends ago against n s t ru y I corkscrew punches But when Tom lorn gotI got Sharkey down with ith one of his clean c p I I 11 ins his S bear bearings and began to rou rough g h it t his fire greater stet wei weight ht and md strength began begau to k s 's superior science science he could not evade the bus husky tell and with all McCoy's McCoys y su p seaman who battered him down and out in the tho tenth round But the rt old Ki was eras 5 1 not so sens sensitive tic as poor P Dem Ps ey after niter his defeat deleat Maner r rn n and knocking out such bi big men as Peter for he kept on fight fighting g g on had weighed neighed about five twenty pounds Joe and others I If f McCo McCoy DicCo more than he Ile did in his het heyday da s hc he would havo o probably played havoc among beau division but he was too light for the top- top the best bet of them in tho heavy heay F in that thab class Stanley Ketchel getchel Was Also Too Ambitions Ambitious Stanley Ket Ketchel chel was Ras another brilliant middleweight champion who was unwise in going out of his class He also knocked out several heavyweights hut hat when he ho met Ja Jack ck Johnson at Colma Gal Cal Ca on October 16 1909 1000 he foe found nd he was tras u up P a against g a a. most dangerous erous proposition Br Brave eve Stanley made a a. g glorious fight against the clever cr d dusky ask y gi giant ant and even en floored gored fl him him in the twelfth round with i one of his wild desperate desp crate But the big black bloc k kat rise of all the present swings strings to the file great at su surprise rp fellow got up w with i t h fire fir o in his hig a ey eyes y es s and P Put promptly sent O over Ol l a haymaker that P put ut the sm smaller ler man to slumber at nt hi his feet Ketchel hetchel however knocked ed out se seg several veral heavyweights lits during his bis flashy the them Ton Tony Ca Capon on and Porky Parks Flynn lin He Hc was a Tin ring g career Among m w were e re y P Pt and its it's a great pity ity indeed his end tt was wasso as game natal natural t 1 courageous o ou fighter in the height o of his Lis prime and glory so 80 s sudden u d de n and sad in vet very A Few Fc Pounds Makes a Great Difference in the Lighter Classes When it comes to the bantam feather light and welterweight classes n a few fe tc p pounds gouda over o an o opponent PP is a o great grent eat advantage Johnny Kilbane seems to fobs have e r em made ode a a. p poor match when he fought Benn Benny Leonard and was hl locked knocked I because became too confident of his liis own 11 or ii Kilbane out ont in the third bird t round suppose ability by his art artistic i s ti c and q quick defeat of other lightweights and imagined moo Wed he Ill could co ld at le least as t stand off the chain champion P ion of that class for six rounds But ButhI ho hr probably lv for forgot g gl of to take into con consideration that he was to combat the crest It l boy of his weight in the whole division ision Kilbane had knocked knocked out ont such as Pats Patsy Cline and Willie T Ja t k s on in a a. few fete rounds But as clever and formidable as they are Leonnrd Leon Leon- rd Ird is several P points ahead of them I havo have made better showing than ho he d did id I t HO However cr Kilbane should a r r. a lust Leonard He Fie didn't seem to me to be in prime fast boxing form There a appeared PP cared to be something absolutely wrong ron about him for I Ive I've to e never Deyer neverseen I seen Feen him P put ut n up P such a a. poor defenseless bo bout t. t In f fact c t I would like to see sec Leonard and Kilbane in a return match in order to gi give gi e Johnny a l chance chalice to redeem himself or prove proc P rose that chat Benny is such a remarkable boxer as some experts claim him to be bo Jess Willard in a Class by Himself I do not really real y believe there is a man in the thc hea heavyweight division athe at aty pr present who has a ghost of s 3 chance against Tess Willard the for the big crown Ile He is in a a. class b y himself in size and lh alone 1 imagine Fred Fulton Felton throwing the tho a gigantic champion out of the ring he head ad first as ashe he did Harry Barry Tate at Little Rod Rock Ark Do S you yon on su suppose PP ose the Minnesota P plasterer or an any v other man in the ring toda today toda- could p pull all an any s' s of that rou rough g h stuff on big Jess 1 I Not ot much Willard has not only the hc bul bull bulk tP power over endurance and stamina of a 3 great ireat world beater but he is IS tho best hest b t I ring ing general sacral of all the heavies Tho monster champion can not only any nn of them but he can un also a out P ouch or them all if the occasion requires require any any very verr strenuous bombardment So in m my judgment any ally contender contended r who goes boos g 1 in n the ring with Jess is simply going out of his class I always alwa s 's s con dared that Bob went 0 out of his class when defeat Jim Jeffries The 1 latter aft er ho ha ma made c the se sc d attempt especially to a was as too big and husky for Fitz In their first mill Jeff was rather h e r an unknown una unknown un un- known battler battle B But Brit t few experts picked him to win Hin the big title from Bob He however howe pr proved r tied himself to be a terrific fighter on that occasion and outclassed outclassed out out- clas classed s ed Fitz Fita from flom the start b by Y his superior size bulk and heavy hea hitting tt ng Fitz never had a chance with him But Bat he tried again in a return match to batter h husky husk Jeff down Tho big gladiator stood all the severe p punishment Bob could hand him liim and finally beat him down and out In ill the eighth round Fib Fitz afterward ard acknowledged g to t o me that Jeff was too big bigand bi bigand g gand and ru rugged ed for him to conquer and it was wac useless for a man of his a eight weight to attempt such a hard task