Show Layne Underdog In Charles Fight Ezzard Charles and Rex still smarting from summer face each other tonight in Pittsburgh in a scheduled Each will be attempting to regain a portion of his lost boxing prestige at the expense of the They will clash at Forbes home during the baseball season of the Pittsburgh Utah's has not boxed since his bout with come r Rocky Marciano last you will left Layne stretched on the canvas in the sixth This win upped Rocky's prestige in the boxing is now ranked fourth in back of Champion Jersey Joe Charles and Joe Layne slipped to sixth in the rankings as a result of his Charles had his title taken away from him this year by It was Walcott's fifth title fight and the first one from which he had emerged All of this goes to prove the old If at first you don't try Charles had held the title ever since Joe Louis several years In this last there was no question as to which was the superior Walcott led all of the way until he finished the struggle with an early round It was the first time in many years that Charles has gone under for the Charles is the favorite to win tonight but Layne is given a fair chance of pulling an upset Charles came to Pittsburgh for the fight from his nearby Cincinnati home last |