Show Monty Tests Promising Ike Williams Tuesday By Charles Welsh PHILADELPHIA Jan 24 GP Boxing P Boxing fans will find it easy to forgive Ike Williams if he is just a little out of breath when he hops into the rin ring at Convention hall tomorrow ni night ht to tan tan- I gle with Bob Montgomery Ike has climbed a long way up the hill hUl to boxing fame and he may reach the peak against Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert who held briefly last fall fan the New York-Pennsylvania York version of the world lightweight cham- cham Williams the terror from Trenton N. N J. J has 32 consecutive opponents since he last ast lost a bout Many fight experts experts ex ex- ex- ex perth believe hell he'll clear Montgomery ery cry as easily as some of the other obstacles that have been put in his path jath although Bob is a 9 5 favorit fa fa- vot will have a pound 3 weight edge In fact the lithe skinned dark-skinned year old Ike is rated by some in n the profession as already the unofficial champ No less an authority authority au- au than Charlie Jones manager manager manager man man- ager of N B A Lightweight Champ Sammy Angott remarked last week that Ike Is the best fighter in n Stillmans at at a time when both oth Williams and Angott were raining in the New York gym The Montgomery bout will win be beIkes beIke's beIkes beIke's beke's bekes Ikes Ike's first step into the big money By a somewhat strange quirk he h has las s fought his way nearly to the theop top op of his class without throwing throw throw- ing ng a punch in Madison Square Garden Many of his strongest backers are re in Philadelphia Montgomery's home lome town and the city where Rapier lapier Robert has become the biggest drawing card since Lew As a result some are expected to pay upward of to see sec the pair in action over the round 12 route Fortunately for the fans the two re a long way from friendly in n recent months Montgomery i ihas has las been prone to remark that Ike cant take it and went so 50 far faras faras as to predict that his Johnny Hutchinson would stop the Williams victory streak All AU Ike did id was give the veteran Hutchinson Hutchin- Hutchin son on a boxing lesson in the first two wo rounds then scored a clean I knockout in the third I Ike Is light lightning ing fast packs plenty lenty of dynamite in either fist and nd is the kind of a boxer the experts love to watch A stabbing left eft hand along with a genuine fondness for fighting is is' his main stock tock in trade Just a year ago he le was scheduled for a preliminary nary fight here and asked to go goo gon goon o on n first He didn't bother telling Promoter Herman Taylor t that at he needed the extra minutes to make connections to Cleveland where he ic had another fight the next night He won them both too Tomorrow he answers the 33 bout question |