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Show 111 POUNDAGE I nfNULIi UllflliULu iDempsey in His Match With Willarcl Was Outweighed Twenty-five Pounds ! American fight fans who have been figuring whether Georges Carpenticr's lack of poundage the Fronchman scales about 385 pounds would be a help or hindrance to him in his next solation from tho dope on notable ring engagements of the past. In nearly i all of the heavyweight contests of nolo !the lighter man ha3 triumphed, until iruany of the ablest critics believo it is I easy to have too much weight. ' John L. Sullivan scaled around 212 : pounds when ho was beaten down by) Jim Corbett. "Gentleman Jim,"i weighed only 1S4 pounds. Sullivan's jc'.osest friends believe he was.handl-I was.handl-I capped by the weight because he usually us-ually weighed 200 in fighting trim. Sullivan weighed 210 when ho fought that draw with Mitchel, who scaled but 166 pounds. FItzsimmons rarely weighed more than 170 pounds, yet ho decisively beat every man he faced I with the exception of Jim Jeffries, who, j weighed 220 pounds. And it has been! shown that Fitz might have whipped Jeff, too, had he kept going. Back in the early days of the ring sport, tho same conditioin held good. Jem Maco never weighed more than 165, but he trimmed Tom Allen, the! American six-footer, who scaled 200. Mace was muscular, but he posessed wonderful skill as a boxer and from tho first never permitted Allen to , "set." Sam Langrord, in the old days when i he was at his best, never weighed j more than 170. pounds, yet he could ' have won a title, no doubt, had he' been given the opportunity to fight for one. Langford was a rough child against any of the large boys. Then there is tho Dempsey-Willard ! match. Dempsey was nearly 25 pounds 1 lighter than Willard, yet he mowed the cowboy down in Jig tlmo. Carpentier will not sacrifice much If he meets Dempsey. The champion will weigh about 190 or not to exceed 195 pounds, and tho Frenohman Is not llkelv to weigh under 180. There would not be enough difference to cut a swath. Carpentier Car-pentier is not worrying about the poundage. Ho gave away nearly 12 pounds when ho fought Beckett." Ho recently stated that too much importance import-ance was placed on weight, when 1: really should not be considered in a heavyweight match. oo |