Show HARRY HARRY WILLS WILLS AND AND LUIS LUIS ANGEL ANGEL FIRPO FIRPO EV EVENLY NL i Y M MATCHED FOR GREAT I HOU t H INJURED HANDS HANDS' I TO HINDER i WILLS WlliS I Ir r I 1 Youth y uth and Condition Are Arc 1 11 1 for I Advantages Advantages' Bull Wild r f By Jy Robert Edgren When men nien as big as an Firpo and ind Wills whis meet measurements aro are not Always Important There Thero was once a beay heavyweight champion of the world who knocked krock d out some of ot the taught tough tough- t ost cst cit hea heavyweights In all ring history and nd d. d put ut them down so bard hard bard the first dip cUp that hat they didn't come up for for moro more beating That was Bob Dob Fritz Fritz- i I think there is little doubt doubt that Bob was at his best when i hewon von tho the middleweight title from Jack Dempsey the Nonpareil Fri Fritz Fritz- z- z simmons Immons was then twenty nine andon and andI andon I on tho the day of ot the Dempsey fight tIght he Weighed exactly 2 1471 pounds Dempsey's weight was 1501 1 When knocked out Jim Corbett Corbett Corbett Cor- Cor bett six years rears later he Kad d passed his is prime primo and weighed a little more but still well within the middle weight limit Th The modern Jack Dempsey Dempse heavyweight hea champion scaled d he be out the gJ gIgantic pound Willard at ToJ To- To J Jedo do and never goes more than ten pounds over that in condition i So weight isn't everything As s far as as' as weight is concern concerned d. d Wills and Firpo are well matched fighting poundage Is about 16 and Wills varies from to 20 There have been scores of at differ 1 ent nt measurements of ot Firpo publish publish- ed d. d When en Luis Luls was training Draining for Dempsey Dempse last year year- I put the tape on him myself so I know the following figures were correct then and and they will ill fit tit Firpo when he Is ready ready to to togo fro go o Into the ring September Just now of ot course he is is- is-a is a little bigger around the waist and legs Firpo's height is 6 feet 2 21 2 2 1 inch Inch- es Normal reach for this height is 2 Inches Firpo's is ab abnormal ab- ab n normal beIng being 77 2 2 1 inches This is 19 usually accounted an advantage In the ring Still Stilt there have been champions hamptons like Tommy Ryan and Jim Corbett whose reach was no greater grealer than their j CAS SMALL ARM Although Firpo's arms look large muscular they are small in His neck Is normal for lor his height 17 inches and very short snort The rhe biceps bleeps in classical proportion should also be 17 Inches But Firpo's right measures 15 2 2 1 inches end his left 14 1412 12 If It he was a wrestler his arms be considered considered con con- much too small smaIl But boxIng boxing box- box Ing lug requites requires speed and men with bulk bulky arms seldom have that ability t tp shoot out a Jaring Jack Dempsey always says that he lie is careful not to and ana develop develOp devel level op his arms too much for fear of losing his speed pee So Firpo's relatively relatively relatively rela rela- small arms are no handicap They hey are all right for boxing Except possibly his forearms Dempsey's forearms measure an anInch anInch Inch and a half more than Firpo's and he trains to develop big fore fore- arms The forearm goes behind the punch and gives it momentum and effect Firpo's forearm is 8 2 8 7 inches his left leU 12 1 Ills His S wrists wrIsts' are not very large both measuring 7 1 4 3 inches Firpo's development de de- de- de y shows that he is s normally norm norm- ally uy IlY a right handed fighter lighter and that he hasn't developed the left the way American boxers do Usually Usually Usually Us Us- after sev several years of or boxing tho the left forearm and upper arm arm are Jarger arger arger than the right as they do at least tour four fifths of the work in the ring ing I 1 remember that Abe Abc Mitchell 10 was a Q great boxer developed a e. left arm much stronger and bigger than his right Firpo's thighs measure 4 inches wen inches well in proportion to his size His calf Is 16 also also in proper proper- tn Q His chest ls is is' 42 Inch inches s This Vis normal Ho hasn't a phenomenally ally big chest h st st. like that of of Jeffries or Sharkey who were 50 Sf and 48 48 respectively pe His us waist alst is is 3 34 inches WILLS HAS REACH Speaking of ot Firpo's build jener- jener gener generally ally ally- he is Is' broad shouldered small waist d and tapers well both inbody In Inbody inbody body and legs His m muscles I find i in handling him are not hard or ork S k knotty otty but even when even when tensed ar ar flexible and t springy There Thero is no as nota ta fat layer They feel stringy This shows end endurance rance an ang l 1 speed Firpo S J opel trained would have plenty Cf Dr both fighting assets There are two to kinds of or waists am among among ng fighters the flat tInt and the roun round J. J Dempsey and Wills vms have round Waists as h had d Firpo like Uk Corbett Jeffries Sharkey Ruh- Ruh Un and many others is flat atom atom- ached 4 Firpo ha has a a. large head headS with wide wide- jaws saws high cheekbones protruding brow and sloping forehead This is the usual sual fighting type |