Show Me Tigue Confident of Winning World Title Irish Boxing Star Now No Prepared to Face Best Bets In Mit World l Thel NEW T JEW EW YORK Feb B 2 By 2 2 By The Thc Associated At Pres-At Press At a a time when most men of the th ring are ready to hang JIang up their gloves glo and ald retiro Mike l ue findIng himself the tho sudden possessor ot of ofa oa II a knockout out punch has sallied forth orth wIth the enthusiasm of youth and an ambition to win the heavyweight championship of the world A fair fairy stor story It sounds a IL bit bitso bitso bitso so as you OU hear Mike in Ills his gentle genUo brogue express the tho firm conviction that ho he will knock out rugged Jack Jacle Sharkey It If the they meet on February ry 25 then cut a path through the rest of ot the tho heavy heavy with the samo same right hang hani punch that felled Paul Berin bach bath pah the theother oth other r night But Dut It if confidences and th the wallop mean anything Mike lIko ap- ap appears appears ap appears pears well equipped for this startling sortie despite the fact lie he only tips about about In his best be t fighting trim and admits ho JIO Is 33 32 The They have ha said Im I'm every Cry everywhere everywhere where from front 35 33 to 46 45 Mike smiled but I 1 hope I ma may never see Reo the light of or another day It If ItI itI I was more than 33 on my birth bIrth- bIrthday birthday birthday day last November And so far tar as the weight Is concerned points point to the punching power housed In the comparatively el slight frame of Bob FitzsImmons also to the manner In ini which he Mike has been heen droppIng big men such as asKing asKing asKing King Solomon and Berlenbach If It they want any more proof pro that my pounds are enough to put behind my wallop Im I'm ready to show cm em retorts Mike to the critics who count 1 him m o out of the heavyweight picture Whore Where hore did I get my punch alike lik repeats I Well ell you know Ive I've always had bad It ft but I haven't used It first because of an old fracture in to my m Y right thumb which hadn't healed property and also because I 1 grew too cautious while holding the light heavyweight tille title But Dut my fighting ability now is h due duo to two things the things tho teaching teach teach- teachIng teaching ing of m my now nov manager Jimmy Johnston and an operation which h hr r moved od a small piece of ot bonef bonet bone t f oin om m my hand liand making it as goo good r sc new Dr W G the setter setter bone nee Reese e ot of o boxing Is boxing the tho man who gave mo me back the punch I and Johnston the man who taught me how to use it b by changing my my stance Mikes Mike's t stance nce as exhibited to tn scoring five fIe knockouts in till the thelast last six eta mouths months is 15 now an ago ag- aggressive ag aggressive fighting pose with tM the full tull weight of his body behind his right hand haud punch Instead of jabbing defensive style of ot boxing which took most of the tho power from his blows oo- oo 00 I |