Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-12-15 | Page 19 | Christner Comes Here for Vital Battle with Slugging Tiger Fox

Christner Comes Here for Vital i Battle With Fox Slugging Tiger Trial Horse Expected to Arrive in Salt Lake Friday Evening Meets Many lany Great Fighters S K O. O Christner for years the trial horse for ambitious heavyweights heaY will arrive In Salt Lake Friday evening from Los Angeles to give tho the acid test to Tiger Fox colored heavyweight from Terre Haute who has been a sensation in the local ring during the entire fight season At one school a n sophomore was given the thc whistle and told to handle of Hardy K Downing The coming bout is the se second ond In ia which Downing has had Christner booked against Fox The first time through a n of managers the bout had to be called off but this time It looks as though there will be beno beno beno no difficulties Suey Welch manager of Christner who also manages Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla Go Go- rilla Jones the middleweight champion cham chaos pion wired Downing Friday morning that the veteran battler was due to arrive Friday night to work out several sev sev- everal ev- ev eral times before the big match He also Informed the local promoter r that through regular fighting lighting o on the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- clUe coast Christner has kept in the pink of condition Meets leets Stars S Although he has never competed In Ina a championship battle himself Christner Christ- Christ ncr ner has met four tour men who did reach the worlds world's championship and one ono who wh Is touted as the next champ They were Mickey Walker Jack Sharkey Sharkey Shar Shar- key Primo Prima Camera Carnera and Maxle Maxie Ro- Ro om He has also met Max Max- Bacr Baer who gives every Indication of ol being the n next holder of the title Every fighter tighter who has whipped Christner Is now either a champion champion- or championship contender The battle will be the biggest shot that Fox has had in his career with the possible exception of a draw draw- contest which he fought with George Godfrey colored h heavyweight champion champlan cham cham- pion plan of the world Seeking Bigger r Bouts Fox has met such men as Babo Babe Hunt Joe Battling Bozo Ed Prante and others but with a nationally nationally nation nation- ally famous opponent such as Christner Christ Christ- ner ncr he he believes that a a victory will bring him the bigger bouts he h has been seeking whether in Salt l Lake ke or oron oron oron on the Pacific coast where Christner Is popular There will be five other bouts on the new program One is a six round rem rematch between Tommy Logan of Philadelphia and Leroy Gibson of Terre Torre Haute who gave th the fans a thrilling match previously this season and then there will be four preliminaries preliminaries of four rounds each