Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-07 | Page 13 | Bat Levinsky to Quit Ring

BIT LED 10 Of RING' Fighter Will Retire From Ring p and Go Into Business Is Latest Dope Downcast as result of his decisive defeat at the hands of QeOrges Car-: pentler in a Jersey City ring recently. Battling Levlasky Is now making, preparations looking toward retire-, ment from tho ring sport, and a b-lut inio busliuss. Lovlnsky Is now fully convinced thut he is not destined to become any greater in the realm of pugdom than he was before the French battler laid him low. Lovlnsky, although never a real i tltleholder, has had a remarkable ca-l rcer as a fighter. A few year6 ago h, sprung into prominence through hlS ability to fight often, and during lone winter season battled three and four times each week, closing a 30 weeks season with an average of three j 'mixes per week. ! I The Battler never exhibited a great (deal of Close. He treated all oppo-nenta oppo-nenta ulike and has few knockouts to hlS re. lit. He was simply a horse for work, and during the time he was in the ascendunt could usually bo de-pi de-pi n. led upon to hold his own with any 'opponent at or near his weight, although al-though his work was rarely-high class, I to say nothing of being brilliant When Levii.sky decides to hang up Ibis padded mittens, he Will no doubt bC ilb' to turn his attention to the business world with much more financial fi-nancial backing than most retired I pugs can claim. He has never shared Mn any of the record purses of the Ting j sport, but his ability to keep in condition con-dition and lake three and four boutjj a week enabled him to roll up an 'amazing stock of this world's goods, 'all of which he has protected with tenderness, care and unusual foresight fore-sight Lovlnsky remarked several days before be-fore his battle with Carpentler that he WAS seriously considering retirement The tr (Ining grind, he admitted, had become a bore, while his defeat at !the hands of Dempsey convinced him he had absolutely no chance to reach the In i; weight" title as long as the Utah mauler was at large Levlnskj Is easily one of the most notable fig-juns fig-juns in th.- fight sport. He made more money in a short time than probably any fighter the game has lever known. His real name Is Barney .Williams. oo