Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-16 | Page 9 | Canzoneri's Title to Totter in Chocolate Bout

ri r jI r- r C t t t t Canzoneri's Canzoneri 5 I Title to Totter in Chocolate Bout CUB N H S FINE CH NCE fOR WIN IN Lightweight Title to Be Be at Stake in Crucial Battle Friday NEW YORK Nov 16 T Tony p Tony Canzoneri's third defense of his lightweight championship in little littlemore t more than a year perhaps will be his last For th tho latest S challenger challe n g e r fo for r S Tonys Tony's pound crown is none other oth oth- 4 5 4 er than Eligio SarI Sar- Sar I of Cuba 4 otherwise K Kid 1 d 1 i Chocolate They Y d will battle over J. J i tho r 15 o 0 u un n d limit limS limit lim lim- S it in Madison Square Garden 5 5 5 5 5 Friday night ight Canzoneri oneS onel one- one 0 l S time holder of the Canzoneri feather V weight v e i g ii h t championship knocked out Al Singer Singer Sin Sin- ger in a single round here In November November November Novem Novem- ber last year to capture the lightweight lightweight light light- weight toga Ho He has bas twice defended defend defend- 1 ed it against the busy Britton Jack Kid Berg knocking out the white- white chapel Hebrew in three rounds in Chicago in April and then winning decisively on points in a return bout here in September Although the lightweight title will willbe willbe willbe be the chief prize one other championship championship cham chain and possibly two will bo be up for decision The junior welterweight title CanzonerI took from Berg automatically automatically au au- au- au will vill be on the block And so will Chocolates Chocolate's junior ll lightweight light t- t weight crown provided Canzoneri elects to make pounds the class limit for that somewhat synthetic division That poundage Tony probably probably probably ably can make but it would be two or three pounds under his normal fighting weight and the Italian may decide against taking any chances of weakening himself CHOCOLATE BETTER BOXER THAN BERG BERGIn In Chocolate Canzoneri will be meeting a better boxer than Berga Bergand Berg Bergand and a much harder hitter But there theres is s some doubt as to Chocolates Chocolate's ability ability abil abil- ity to travel the full tull 15 rounds against so strong a fighter as Can Can- I The Cuban slowed up badly In inthe the tho last five tive rounds of his losing bout with Bat Battalino for tor the featherweight title Canzoneri probably will be the betting betting bet bet- ting ling favorite at narrow odds of 6 to 5 or 11 to 10 Other outstanding shows this week will be held at Chicago and Boston on Thursday night At Chicago Primo Prime Camera Carnera will meet Kin King Levinsky of Chits ten rounder and at Boston Ernie Boston heavyweight will wm tangle with Jack Dorval of New York Bat Battalino will engage Bushy Busby Graham Utica N. N Y veteran in a ten round title non-title bout at the Chicago Chi CIa cago show