Show I i I II I fiGHTER FROM TOMS TOM'S CORNER Two Ring Styles Clash When Boxer Seconds Another Bo Boxer er erBy By Tommy Gibbons Gibbons' By TOMMY GIBBONS Light Heavyweight Contender NEW YORK Dec 3 There There is only one man in my corner when I fight That man is Eddie Kane my manager Fighters make malte a mistake by holding a buzzing beo bee in their corner between rounds The one minutes minute's rest Is meant to rest to regain poise and to make malte plans forthe for forthe forthe the next round Kane is an ideal kind of ot adviser HeIs HeIs He HeIs Is cool quick to see an opponents opponent's weakness weakness weak weak- ness and has the knack of imparting the spark of ot confidence KANE IN CORNER He lIe will be In my corner when I fight Carpentier for the light heavyweight title And he will wUl be in Mikes Mike's corner comer when he fights for the middleweight title tIlle Mike used to be in my corner always when I fought He lIe gave me my start Weve We've gone through a lot of or tough ones together He lIe used to ba be afraid Id I'd get knocked out That would have hurt him as much muchas as me BROTHERS BREAK But I firmly believe It Is wrong for brothers to second each other The bond of ot s sympathy is too strong between them for one thing Then Mike Is a fighter That's the main objection I have to It No two fighters work alike I Mike for Instance has his own effective effective effective tive style Quite naturally he figures I should follow his system Now r ow Mike and I are built differently Our bones are different our muscles are not developed alike A punch which he finds effective doesn't get results for me He lie used to want me me- meto to swing ewing a certain certain tam tain kind of ot a right I never could gain effectiveness with It CANT CAN'T COPY My arm turns out differently than his My shoulder bones and muscles are not hung together the same as his I used to try and try Mikes Mike's way But put this in your hat you hat you cant can't opy a punch Every fighter has to work workout workout workout out his own style and system I hated to break away from Mikes Mike's mannerism In the ring He lie had taught me so much He lIe Is so graceful so perfect perfect perfect per per- in iii his workmanship But I would never have developed Into IL a. knockout fighter if It I hadn't Id I'd have been Just a counterfeit of ot Mike SCIENCE A year ago I had a talk with Mike Milte We Ve figured it out from the scientific standpoint He decided that I was right I I used to miss him a lot But Dut It has I worked out for the best Fighting my own way I can punch and knock them out Before I changed I was Just a copier of ot Mike a Mike a counterfeit of ot a man whom I think is is' isone one of ot the cleverest boxers that ever drew on a glove Instead of ot Just juet being a brother of ot the famous Mike Gibbons I have developed a ring Individuality of ot my own RAPID RISE Kane once thought he he- was going to tobe tobe tobe be a fighter He Be weighed several pounds less than a flyweight His first opponent knocked him down several times and he got up a manager And a good one Kane Is the man who will wUl be in my corner when I winn the light heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight championship of ot the world and I later the real title title the the one Jack Dempsey now owns |