Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-07-02 | Page 16 | Downing's Fight Dope

DOWNINGlS FIGHT DOPE By Hardy K Hawninp, - ' EVCRV tim aome new ehamplonehlp or near ahsmplonehip affair Is promoted, the fight fene and general publia gasp at tha enermeue figures In whieh the fights ara apokan of, Th gsen, however, I snly a prwtimlnary to many gaepe to oome, for each fight grows bigger and bigger. There's ns telling juet where tha and will b When Tan Riekprd leaeaa) th M. at. een Squar Oarden m which ta hold - - hi fight program, th. push rorrdcewd' and tha wiaae.rea decided that he waa juat about est te lose a pet full of dough. Ho pienned ta use the Oarden far ehempienahlp affair. It seemed at that tlma that the Oarden waa big enough far anything. - - - So popular did th fight baeem that within month or tw th. Institution waa packed te capacity en ordinary fight programs. Very .ften the limit of 1123,00. far the hus wa raalwd. That is all the plae teuld held. Then H we that Blekard decided an tha Veledrom. and K waa built t. aeat M.000 people, and naturally eoneldered big sneuglf ta held almost any erewd. It wamt, however, for when the Leonard -Tend lor bout eeme up the demande ef th. men www ae high that It waa absolutely impoeeible ta held the mat ok anywhere .xoept hi th. arena at Beyle Thirty Aerate en th. Jerssy sid. The demsnds of boxer hav becem . high that wlthaut nldrlng Leone rd'e and at all, and hi ia th biggeet item In th wlvsfs fight. Bisksrd ouldn't pay aapeweea and Tndlr bit with a aepaerty houaa In ths Osrden. and eeuldnt soma near paying everybody with a aapaotty heu. at tha Veiadremo. Ae a roeutt th match wa mvd t Jerway. Tend lee turned dew SZM0 ss his bit in his effort t. tsk. Benny Leonard'e ervern. That la probably the highest amount aver eenoidered , for a ehellenaar. In th. old dsy the ohampion wh. ould mak. that mu.h " money during a lifetime eoneidered himef lu.ky. Now the beggar, far a a ha nee at tha erawa are turning H down, . . e e e THB ewaning work will ae. aome highly touted bouts In raiiona parta af the country, but there lan't one of them upon which very much depends. .Probably the btggeet of the Independence day bouts will bs the battle between Beany Leonard, lightweight champion, and Rocky Kanaaa. hallenger, at F'loyd Pltaalmmons' arena tn Michigan City, Ind. - Tho bout looke like a clncb for Leonard. Ha has very easily defeated . Xenui la two previous bou la. and la almoet certain t. repeat. probably one of the moat Interacting affair will b a fifteen-round Vdttl between Bill Brenaaa. twlc defeated by Champion Jack Dempeey, aad Bob Martin, heevywelaht. champion of the A. E. r who meet at Aahland. Ky, on Independence day. The men are about evenly matched, Jthoagh Brennan la oonaidared to have aa edge en hla opponent. . Another likely looking match, which has, however, no championship string. I th ftftewn-round battle betweea Bpug Myere of Pooatail. and Bobby Mlchavela of New York. Myers la the Junior lightweight champion r.the Interaaountala section and on. of th. moot popular boya wh. baa .var shown in Utah or Idaho. - la Mlchasls ho will bo meeting on of ths toughest youngster of hi career, a boy who haa a record of forty knoekoota during hie abort fighting daya. He may be able ta kaork over Myers. If Bpug la able te get ever Vilchaels be wll) be ready for any of the best boys la th. country, aad will he mistily close to a ehamplonehlp battle. Tbue Independents day will come and pasa. aa It hag In the last fsw year, without any great flatle title being endangered, although there will b a couple of good battles. Ia prevloua year July 4 waa always, ths date for poena great title to be placed oa the blork. and usually saw aome aew champion crowned and aome other dethroned.