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Show '- ; . SIT ' - AJ .41 j . - "ii -- - t Fullmer Fight Set Sept. 11 The big Gene Fullmer vs Spider Webb boxing program has been completed with the scheduling of four six-rounders for the preliminary card to the main event scheduled the night of Sept. 11 announces promoter Joe Dupler. The preliminaries pre-liminaries begin at 8 p.m. with the main bout at 9 p.m. The 10-round main event gained added importance when the California Athletic Commission Com-mission suggested that the National Na-tional Boxing Assn., in its Las Vegas meeting early in September, Septem-ber, recognize the winner of this fight as a logical finalist in an elimination tournament. This because Middleweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson has shown no evidence of preparing pre-paring for a title defense. The tournament was suggested to create a new champion. "That puts the finishing touches on the fight," Dupler said. "Now we have title interest inter-est to go with the natural re-valry re-valry of a boy from Utah and another from Idaho fighting." Tickets for the fight are moving rapidly but because of the spaciousness of the Derks Field ball park, there are seats in all price ranges remaining. Tickets are .being handled through the Mint Cafe, 27 E. 2nd South in Salt Lake. Besides the main bout, Dupler Dup-ler has picked up the cream of the professionals in the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain area. Jay Fullmer, fighting as a lightweight, will fight Benny Montoya of Denver Den-ver in one six rounder. Lamar Clark, the unbeaten heavyweight heavy-weight from Cedar City, fights Johnny Louis of Oakland, winner win-ner of seven of his eight pro fights. Don Fullmer opposes Andy Maes of Colorado Springs in. a grudge match and Gene Turley of Twin Falls, a popular popu-lar AATJ fighter for several years, meets Johnny Pennington, Penning-ton, one of Webb's spar mates, in the other bout. |
