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Show WILLARD WANTS A 20 ROUND GO CHICAGO, April 19 Jess lUard, heavyweight champion of the world, is for a twenty -round contest in bifl match with Fred Fulion in Minnesota, on July 1. and will throw his full strength towards having 'he championship cham-pionship ma',ch extended from ten to iwentv rounds Willard has been made to believe that by sanction of the commission this can be done Wil lard said : "I am entertaining no fear that it will take tne more than ten rounds to UUItflJ IIIIB UlfS irilUB , uui J -, rmw , afl championship matches ought to be j twenty or more rounds if it g in Fulton Ful-ton to give me a fight that he ilnnksj hi' will, ten rounds may not be sufficient. suffi-cient. I am glad however, that 'he tight must be to a decision. " The champion is working hard daily. Already he has lost ten pounds and his impro enienl is noticeable Jess' great trouble is finding men to box. He hits with such terrific force that none of the lighter men can stand the Igaff. He has mauled three men already al-ready In his sparring work until they look like they had been in a fighl. Jack Dempsey and Eddie MeGoorty. together with hundreds of critics, looked the big fellow ovpt and the impression im-pression is gaining rapidly that he is , every Inch the champion. |