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Show welterweight championship between be-tween Gil Turner and Champion Johnny Saxton. Then there is the return go between Olson and Robinson tor the middleweight title. I like Turner in the weHer match, that is if he can catch Saxton. Again you have a champion cham-pion that is easy for the I.B.C. to get along with. In the second one I think Olson will be ready for the full 15 rounds, and I don't think Old Sugar's legs will carry him that air. But Olson better not lead that right hand too many times in the first few rounds. If he does he will find himself in dreamland again. Our pride Gene Fullmer next l will be against the Frenchman Humez. Tiger Jones beat Humez and Gene beat the Tiger. Accord ing to the dope sheet Gene should be the favorite. But in my book he should be in much better shape than he was in the Jones fight. If he tires in this one as he noticeably did against the Tiger Humez with his speed can take the late rounds and come off the winner. But as the old saying goes, you can't beat success, suc-cess, so I am going along with Gene. o Sports Here and There by Al Ablett With Rocky Marciano retiring as heavyweight champion, the 'picture in that division is anything any-thing but bright. As an example, the Holman - Baker fight gives you a good picture. One fellow Holman looked like a rank amateur. ama-teur. He had one thing going for him, that rwas a right hand punch But the only way he could hit anyone with it, is for the fellow to be blind. Baker is just a big fellow trying to make a fast buck, because you can see the man hasn't got his heart in it. Next comes Hurricane Jackson and Patterson. Jackson is just a big clown that gets Into perfect condition and in the fights he has had up to now, has just tired the other fellow out. Floyd Patterson Pat-terson is the one fellow in the division outside of Moore that even looks like a fighter. He has all the tools and if he can come in at 180 lbs. without slowing up he will be the next champion. Marciano says he wants to live a little with his family, but I think there is more to it than that. Could be that the powers that be thought that for him to retire may be one way to revive interest in the big boys. This elimination tournament may create cre-ate enough interest, that once again the title may mean something some-thing to the man that wears it You can be sure of one thing, whoever he is there will be a clamor go up for the Rock to come out of retirement for one more fighit, and don't bet that the lure of that last big gate dont do the trick. The next two big ones Is the |