Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-05-09 | Page 41 | New Middle Weight Champion Jumps into Sudden Fame

NEW MIDDlEWEIGHT CHAMPION JUMPS INTO SUDDEN FAME Johnny Wilson Born of Italian halian Ital hal ian Parents Little Known Two vo Y Years cars Ago It By d rI Xe New York or May Io S. S S. S.-Johnn Johnny Wilson who jump Jumped cd into th the middleweight j I 1 championship b by uncrowning or crowning Mike crowning Mike ODowd Is a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York product whose real name is Giovannia Gio His Ills forbears lived in sunny Italy but Johnny Johnn was born March arch 23 23 3 1 1393 93 In Harlem His Iris folks to whose support ho has bas regularly ro contributed according to re report report report re- re port and whom hom he occasionally comes from his present homo home In Boston to visit it lives at at Second 1 avenue and One OneHundred OneHundred OneHundred Hundred an and Sixth street Harlem When ho lie was 19 l' years cars old Johnny started the ring career which has brought him only one defeat b by appearIng ap- ap nearing against K O. O Sween Sweeney e welterweight wel- wel at Sulzer's Harlem River Cl Casino ino He was given tho the munificent sum stile of ot ill 11 for defeating the first man manh li h faced In tho the ring His only onh defeat In the ring ring- wa was suffered suf- suf in hi 1916 when he hc was waR hest bested at atho atthe ho tho National club Providence ri R. I I. I I. I b by jy young oung But Johnny n confident ent that he ho could take Mc- Mc Hartland's measure and finding it ImpossIble Impossible Impossible Im Im- Im- Im possible to get a return match upon easier con conditions ho he wagered upon the tho result of ot the tho fight his entire share of or tho the gate It required just four Cour rounds for tor the coming young fighter to prove himself tho the better man About six years ago ace Johnn Johnny Wilson went to Boston where Marty Kills Kille- her a promoter saw sa In him such euch possibilities possibilities pos pos- I that he ho contracted for tor his management mana and the contract is still sun going strong with both parties satis saUs- tied fled Until 1918 tho the name of ot Johnny Johnn Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son was seldom seen Been In tn n print Onerea One rea reason eason on for tor this was that he lie did not box ox with the customary regularity of the thc hc professional regarding his ring appearance as more or less of a sideline side line Ine apparently But about that time lw lie u- u started to make a record that caused sporting writers to take notice Frank Carbona a a. fighter Mike ODowd had hat been unable to knock out I w was sva put to sleep b by Johnn Johnny lIe He twice sent Lent young oun Ahearn to dreamland and referees referee's decisions over oer good boxers added new la laurels to his growing rep rep- The moons means through which h ho se secured secured secured se- se cured the match with Mike Mike- ODowd which changed the thc middleweight was as the winning over Pal P Moore In Boston last week weck tho the decision In a n twelve round go 10 Three timES timE'S before that Johnn Johnny Wilson and nd Mike Uko ODowd had been matched but always JH before Thursday night the mill mm had bad been postponed I