Show 0 ft 20 or of r alce C SOCKER COE the first and best of the gangster novel ests Is now an eminent florida at torney before that socker was a navy nav ring i champion 1 P I 1 on and also one of V the closest students I 1 of ring form lie he Is I 1 I 1 I 1 still a keen student W of the modern art 0 of f wn self defense which 1 I 1 f I 1 I 1 1110 KV 1 i I Is largely yarda in 10 seconds socker happened to be on hand when 1 conn fought sav old conn he said grantland itice as everybody e very body knows I 1 ts a one boxer and ho he Is also dead game that ought to be enough for or a US pound lighter fighter D but ut apparently it today almost everyone Is looking for a puncher conn simply know how to punch I 1 mean the art of punching ile he relies only on his wrists and arms there Is no shoulder or body support back of hla his blows to he a good puncher socker said a fighter must know how to get gc in those hose shoulder and body muscles ive talked about this with bobby jones in hitting a golf ball As you know bobby in his prime was as long as anybody lie ile was for far past blagen and off the tee 10 or 12 years ago when they were all at the top bobby relied relic d a lot on shoulder and body and hip power to get this distance the same thing Is true of boxing when it comes to ta the punching side dempsey and tunney when jack dempsey nailed you with a left hook socker added he just lipping flipping you with a wrist and arm motion ile he had those big AZ houlder muscles under the effs working with the punch ile he biad nad his whole left side in n that wallop the same to a lesser degree Is true of gene tunney tunney never had the explosive force that belonged to dempsey that belongs to 0 joe louls louis but he was a much better puncher than most ring followers know about tunney a natural athlete but a great student of ring science and form ile he was also a fine student of the details that produce force gene knew how to get shoulder and a body back ck of his punches carnera camera was six feet seven and he weighed pounds he fie was ft a professional strong man but he big enough or strong enough to hurt or even jar anybody with this wrist and arm swing that had no other support you cant flick at somebody and do any ny damage unless of course you use a thumb as quite a few have done but im 1 not speaking of gou gougers gers im speaking of real punchers about bily billy conn B billy llly conn big enough for a joe louis socker rambled on louis can hit too hard with either hand but conn should be a better puncher than he Is today the kid 11 li a fine boxer he Is fast and he V w dead game but apparently no one has ever taught him how to hit no one has shown him what true balance means when you deliver a punch no one has told him the value of shoulder and back muscles working with hands and arms arma if they have billy simply simple learned his lesson lie ile was able W measure and hit him at will at any spot at any time yet he even rock him it if joe louis had delivered deti vered any one of those 50 or 0 r go 60 punches to the chin would still he be dreaming of the hour they would have found his body somewhere in the he upper stands conn Is still just a kid he fie still has a lot to learn not about boxing but about punching he fie should punch the heavy bag oftener and learn how to get in those shoulder and hack back muscles otherwise he Is ia just going to be another good light heavyweight I 1 doubt that he will ever get much bigger his thin legs leg show that tie he may reach but he has enough boxing skill to get his opponent ready for the kill if he only could get that kill into his right or left left hand you cant get that wl with th a hick flick what about another pittsburgh er harry greb I 1 asked 1 I still think greb in his prime could beat any heavyweight I 1 ever saw and flarry was no great puncher greb was different socker said gre greb b a little hercules was a stick of dynamite he was even faster than conn id say say much taster and hed lit hit you with everything from the laces laces on his glove to the stool he used between rounds greb knew no rules rule s except to win lie l was one of the greatest fight ers weve ever seen it if greb in his prime had been fighting the other night would haw have died by drowning in his own blood lilt his face would have looked a nor hor sight might it have been c v face greb came into the ring with everything but a hand grenade and a machine gun and yet I 1 levei ay w him hit a low punch he bf be to that old sch school that knew all a the tricks and how to use them and believe me they had plenty li thi the way of tricks |