Show SI SPORTS MIRROR MI 1 z By Iy JOHN MOONE MOONED Telegram Sports Editor 1 I I Observation Ward I Cent no mati r liaw aw high s Wi w. i If It only nty ny m s shad thed aJ ov th th II tf r ef Promoter Jim Downing who us ss the only bona fide boxing promoter promo promo- ter t r in Utah must act aa as his own I boxing commission commissio 1 can take a. a i lesson from the Idaho boxing com com- suspended a fighter who ho was billed as as Bobby I for his futile showing against st A Buddy Washington in Idaho o last 1 week It It seems that a a boy appeared I claiming to be Bobby a fighter with some reputation InI Inthe in inthe the eastern rings However he het I t was was kayoed by Buddy Washington i of Ogden in le less tha than a ro round nc and subsequent Investigations proved him m to be a novice J Sa Same Sam Old Story i i No Now this this' is nothing n new w In Ini boxing We Ve Ve recall recal several years yeal's i ago go when II a colored boy fought at the tim old McCulloughs McCullough's arena arenander under the name nam of Colorados Colorado's Io os o's leading middleweight when aUt all aU t the e time the he real lighter fIghter was doing a f few few- years In Inthe the polo polo- Colorado Cob Colo rad rado state p pokey ko for 50 some law Infraction MUo S J We e dont don't say that promoters do this Intentionally this foistIng foisting foist foist- of 4 Dc name up ing lag f e fighters upon n an Ln unsuspecting public but we wedo wedo e edo do could do more checking before they swallow en n to toto to thc tb tales of every fIghter fIght fIght- er ez who drops off a freight car caY and wanta to fight tight j Even Pr Promoter m ter r D Downing has b en n sUckered several times by fighters p pretending to b be s someone meone else ele Several times this fall fail the th thel l local cat pre press has be been gwen given pictures s sf f of fighters fighters' with a small email national I bit bt of ot fame The buildup been t complete and quite a f ans have paid their dough to ace Jlee ee this or orUi Ui t tough kid test the local trIde d and joy I I. I And then then to their co consternation Atlie the e highly regarded reg importation turns turn out to be a punk who would h trouble have ve tr uble breaking an egg egg With with his fist And n not t only cant the fighters fight but most of ot them prof ess little interest In even ven trying tryIng trying try try- ing to to- tomake make a fight alight of it Moat fost of Qt them em go into the he tank at atthe the lightest light light- c est tap I i riot t Logical Logic al r T 1 W W. W h have vo seen Been several l lately tely we were most mOlt of ofil il th the outcome At l least from our boxing experience years ears ago we wo e se mod mcd to recall having fAk taken n much harder r p punches a without everi ben being down 1 f Iii lir Je e have hav seen com corn j pete p te cards card wb where i re the outcome i every fight was was a at as 88 t as a t diamond I IVe Ii i r i think Downing Wo Y dont don o oi or i BD any oth other r promo promoter r has anything i i io to do with these thes e bad fights boI bo bo- I cause cause those thole arl are ar thing vl which i t 1 Interest the respective managers J The promoter promoter- only considers t. t HOW MUCH l U money moneys comes t through through u the gate not Dot WHO WHO- J I But ap moter as In fn Downing cas case should h uld be m most st cautious of J. J his fights After all aU only a ai i Bucker sucker promoter would allow a manager to 10 build up a fighter on ont t b bad bouts when these same sarno bad IJ f bouts bO can can rul ruin the promoter I And that's wh where re so zo rila y mis nibs I s 's s are areco coming from fromin il ill In l local c l 3 1 boxing Too To many of the lie e matches match s I an ari are being lined up p by U the managers managers' y y with an eye toward getting an n. n I impressive string ot of to his toys boYs credit rather than providing th the publIc pu Uc with a a. a g good od scrap scrap I i Theres too There's r s O m many y Instances of pOorly p orly matched n boys scra scraps in 3 which one boy clearly outweighs o hl his opponent And the public p pays ys the th freight to aee see these mis- mis 1 matches I I 1 Wo JWo dl didn't Dt see the fight s sJ o J we we are not yelling c copper pp r r from t i oUr our own observations ns but bu we cannot c understand how bow a b boy y I S. S calling c himself Bobby MoUse t and claiming to be ready for a I shot hot at the worlds world champion Dado Dade Marino could be be be beaten ten by t tI Frankle e Montoya who wh is hardly 1 j in lii worlds world's championship cla claO s. s 1 WAnd And we cant can't understand how r. r a fighter caI calling l g himself the I b brother other of the great eAt Kid C Choco- Choco Oco- Oco t late would reuse to fight light a aboy aboy boy In the tho class clu of Ron Whittle even though Whittle was wu considerably con con- larger than Chocolate Chocolate Choco Chaco lat late If U the importation w was was wasas wasas as go good goodas as as hes he's claiming to b bhe be he should put away a youngster like Uke Whittle wU easily The record books are re full of instances wh where re rea a little mile man n because of his hi greatness had to fight light one or two ro divisions above his hili V weight I to find opp opponents Se Several eral Remedies There are several ways waS Downing as the boxing commission protect himself and the public pub pub- lic from these thes brodies 1 1 Before a a fighter ever enters the he ring in a match he should uld be given a thorough workout in the gym ym against one of the pretty rood good 10 local boys so that hat the promoter promoter pro pro- moter could get a line on him 2 Big Name fighters should be e checked closely to see if it the theare they are who they claim to be and have done one whit what t they claim to have done one 3 Downing should d start having some ome winner take matches Too many any of f the fighters now go go goin inthe Inthe in the tie ring only for for the losers end of f the ep rB nd take tho count as soon oon as feasible because th y know what wha th they've yve got gor C coming fut g anyway anyway 4 D Dow Downing W ing or r s a a competent matchmaker r should arrange the theard card ard and select the opponents for forthe forthe the he fighters Too many of the local boys are winning too many sitting ducks matches 5 In the case o of a fight where the Pie lie boys are acting suspicious or showing Slowing little willingness to fight Downing should toss the boys out ot of f the ring and d substitute ute a new new bout out In this line it would be wise Downing If-Downing had a half dozen ozen y youngsters all dressed and ready tor or a afew few Monday nights The way the boxing bouts bouts' are arc going it wont won't be long before its it's as s dead as asit it It was r shortly after Hardy lardy f K Do Downing quit for thela the thelast la last ast t time I J |