Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-06-18 | Page 20 | Rocky Kansas Gets Fourth Crack at Title

ROCKY KANSAS GETS FOURTH CRACK AT TITLE1 LEONARD HOLDS THREE DECISIONS OVER CHALLENGER now they'll look at the start a composite photo of Rocky Kansas (left) and Benny Leonard (right) . as they'll look in the ring. B BOB DORMAX. NEW YORK, July A will sec th" opening ot Floyd Fltzsimmon' Michigan Mich-igan City ilnl.) arena, with Lightweight Light-weight Champion Be-uiy Leonard and Rocky Kansas furnishing the r i r -works. As this bout will mark the fouri h meeting between the two, vou certainly cer-tainly have to hand it to. this Kansas Kan-sas person for being a persistent guy. .Maybe he figures that some day he will catch l!nny out of trninin---. or perhaps he Is depending on the law ot ji verages. Kansas is only a strong boy. with a good fighting heart and plenty of aggressiveness ag-gressiveness to match against one ol the cleverest boxers In th" ring, who hesides, packs a knockout wallop. I There should be no doubt of Ihei outcome of the fight, unless Leonard' should be so weakened by making weight '.hit he will not he able to put forth his best efforts. P.oth Leonard and his manager, iPiiiy Gibson, insist- that Benny Is still a legitimate lightweight, but .lucre Is no douht that making weight is becoming harder for him With eaeh fight. in their three previous bouts Leonard received 'he decision each1 time. In May, 1917, Knasrn was outpointed out-pointed ut LuL'ulo. X. T., in 10 rounds. June. 1921, saw them matched nt Harrison. X J . where they dls- gusled 30.000 fns with a slow 11-round 11-round bout, with Leonard again getting the de. i-.lon. Bl ST BOl T IN NEW YORK. On February 10. this year, thev put on their best match. They went 16 whirlwind rounds a Madison Square Garden, X. Y., with Leonard the winner. In the early part of the fight Kansas' Kan-sas' aggressiveness almost took Benny off his feet, but after the seventh round, the tide turned to Leonard, and in the eleven;h round Kansas was almost out. taking the count of nine. 1 1 o stilled through the remaining foui- rounds, "leaving no question as to the winner.