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Show Tony Galento Gets His Chance At Louis' Heavyweight Crown . v.. .t.,m -..,.. MM. .v, : if ISiV! "Two Ton Tony" Galento o) Orange, N. J., is the most unorthodox unor-thodox boxer in modern ring history. His big day is June 28 u hen an ambition of long standing is realized in his fight with Heavyweight Heavy-weight Champion Joe Louis in Yankie stadium. Tony, who would rather make grimaces than get down to serious training, likes to pose for the cameraman and boast about his prowess, but he surprises sur-prises scoffers by being a better fisticuffer than they think. !S WEUDMELJ ' J 1 TONY 'I ' ' ' ; JlJJ. AlSu, ... , f . JK. iESSM.. ' ' - i Barrel-chested Tony, who smokes big black cigars and drinks beer during training season (after biting off the bottle caps with his teeth) is shown at the left in Philadelphia last summer as he arrived to go into training for a fight. Tony spends his winters in Miami, close to the publicity cameras where last winter he squelched the ambitions of Abe Feldman and started a boasting campaign that resulted in his fight this month tcilh Joe Louis. Tony calls Louis a "bum"; Joe calls Tony a "third rater" and everybody's every-body's happy. Ihey laughed last summer when Tony stepped into the ring at Detroit with Nate Brown, who, at the right, scoffingly watches his opponent "train" on a bicycle in a Detroit gymnasium. Note that Tony sports a cigar for the benefit of news cameramen. But the tockv Italian proved his mettle by knocking out Brown m the fourth round, the knockout punch being so forceful that it earned Galento clear off the canvas. There's pretty good evidence that-Itn that-Itn nobody's looking-Tony does a lot of shadow boxing, road-I road-I nnd rone skipping. But is this boast ul little tough guy big Zh , ijZPui.? The world's about to find out! IJ""' " """""-"'"1 |
