Show s. s I y I r I I t a Primo Camera Won Von heavyweight heavyweight heavy y I weight crown against poor op op- op- op position Camera Carnera Too Big Clumsy to Be Great Champion By JAMES J. J JOHNSTON Ma Manager ager of Boxing Champions A P P Features s Eighth of d a S Series ries Gene Tunney master of all he could could survey in b boxing retired in 1928 as the undefeated champion the first ever to permanently re retire retire retire re- re tire as an unconquered title hold er In the short period of the next nine years boxing had six heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight kings There was a quick scramble for Tunney's laurels culminating Ina in ina ina a title match between Jack Sharkey Sharkey Sharkey Shar- Shar key and Max Sharkey I was the German when a claim of foul was allowed and the crown awarded to As match-maker match for Madison Square Garden I arranged their return bout in the Gardens Garden's Long Island arena After 15 rounds of indifferent fighting in w which h hie i c h a too cautious competitor competitor competitor com com- should have won by a kayo several times Sharkey was declared the champion Joe Louis at his peak would have knocked out both Sharkey and on their best da days s As it happened he lie kayoed both of them after they had passed their prime Primo Camera Carnera the Ambling Alp I from Italy won the crown from Sharkey For the first four rounds Sharkey who Sharkey-who who had beaten Camera Carnera a year previously was previously was all over Primo the fifth was a bit in favor of the Italian Then in the sixth Camera Carnera started whaling away at Sharkey and a short right hand uppercut to the chin knocked Sharkey out Sharkey was clever and a fair puncher but Camera Carnera didn't show me any reason to believe he could beat Louis He was too big and clumsy with only a fair smattering smattering smattering smatter smatter- ing of boxing ability I It didn't take Louis long to dispose of him when they met later From out of the west once more came a remarkable man Max Baer a boxer who had everything in his up make-up but a fighting heart I matched him against Camera Carnera for forthe forthe forthe the title and Baer must have knocked Primo down a dozen times before the fight was finally stopped in the eleventh round with Baer as the new champion Tomorrow Braddock and Louis I |