Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-02-24 | Page 13 | Von Porat to Oppose Tuffy

VOII PORAT TO OPPOSE TUFFY $20,000 Cat Expected for Chicago Bout, "Natural" Four Year Ago CHICAGO, Feb. 14 OPVAbout four years overdue. Otto von Porat, Norwegian Nor-wegian heavyweight, and Tuffy Griffith Grif-fith of Sious City, Iowa, will meet in a ten-round bout tonight at Um Col iseum. Four years ago Von Porat and Griffiths, both adopted Chicagoane and residing on Um west side, were among those seeking serious consider-stion consider-stion as challengers for the world title. Efforts were mad to match them, and such bout, a great Chicago natural, might have produced gal of 1 00,000, For on reason and another the match was not mad. RecenUy Griffiths, Grif-fiths, at hi best a clever noser and defensive artut. sutler ed reverses, Isrgrly due to Hums. Von Porat, a terrific puncher, waa making progress prog-ress until matched with Young Slrib-ling Slrib-ling In 1S30, The Georgian knocked him out In one round, and ee disgusted dis-gusted with himself wss Von Porat that h returned to Norway. With considerable of Its ppeal worn off. the contest probably will attract about 130 000 worth of business. busi-ness. It will be Von Porat'i first en-gsgement en-gsgement since returning to tha United State. Tha supporting card includes two other ten-rounder. Joe Bekyra of Dayton. O.. and Jack Roper. California Califor-nia heavyweight, will tangla In one, and Isadora Gutanaga, hard punching punch-ing heavyweight from Spain, will ma ha hi first Chlcsgo llsrt sgauut Bsbe Hunt of Pones City, Okln.