| Show tN n Y fAIR OR FOUL By Lawton Carvor I NEW YORK March larch 19 ID INS INS INS- Ray Robinson had more class than any anyone one of his time lime at his peak and even though he has lost much of the bounce that made him so superb a fighting fighting- machine he should be able to give Rocky I j i Graziano a good old-fashioned old boxing lesson on April 16 I I That Chicago bout supposedly I will be next to the last one for Robinson as middle ei middleweight ht cham cham- pion After disposing of oC Graziano barring the he he plans to go against Paddy Young In m New York during May l then go goI I after the light hea heavy title Ultimate Retreat After that supposedly oblivion oblivion oblivion ion the unwanted ultimate retreat retreat retreat re re- treat treat of oC the great reat when finally their day is done x xIn j In Graziano Robinson meets one of the strangest performers ever er to grace the rin ring a fellow who persistently stays in or I around the border of trouble and whose only asset as a prizefighter prize fight er was his double concentrated wallop lie had no genuine class even when he was good and probably has lost the last vestige of his few shabby attributes as a fighter fight fight- er Cr by this time He has gone far back hack but even e so Robinson had so much the thC better of oC it in com corn comparative comparative skills that t this t 1 his best most likely would find ind 1 I the now-aging now Robinson his master master mas mas- masI I I ter With Either Hand Robinson could punch with either hand hard enough to hurt hurt you and to stiffen you and he I also could box hox and move mo with a rhythmic fluence that was like poetry to watch Graziano was an awkward ard wild wild swinging swinging fi fighter with just dust enough polish to rise above the antics of oC an alley brawler Just in passing it may be bc men men- that Graziano could knock Robinson out if he sh should uld con con- which however howe is a wholly unlikely prospect Both Graziano and Robinson have ha by this time lime lost the urge to kill even though they ma may not show it Bromidic as it may maybe maybe I Ibe be to say it the best fighters I I are the hungry ones on the way up Money loney saps their incentive I Both have been through the the I II Rob Rob-inson mill these many years ears and Rob Robinson I inson at 32 has everything e he lie I I wants except that light heavy title tille That may be enough to i I urge him on beyond his own present expectations I Never Xe Knocked Out lIe He has never been knocked out in all his vast array of fights and seldom even en floored Graziano twice bit the tile dust Each time in key matches with Tony Zale whom he knocked out I once The way that went was Zale knocked out Graziano in Zales Zale's first middleweight title defense upon leaving lea the armed forces after the war then he was knocked knocked out by Graziano and in turn knocked out Graziano again The late Marcel larcel Cerdan then knocked out Zale to take the I crown and dropped it il because of an army injury on a technical knockout to Jake Take LaMotta La who lost it to Robinson Robinson lost it to Randy Turpin Tur- Tur pin pin j England in-England l. l but regained it itI itin I in Ne Neiva Ne YorK or l and nd here he goes I against Graziano the the old old champion champion champion cham cham- pion in his next defense Robinson should keep it unless he is totally gone I I I |
