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Show SIKFS LIFE STORY BY BATTLING SIKI As Told by Milton Bronner, NEA Staff Correspondent CHAPTER SIX The Carpentier l ight. The long road to boxing glory and some money, too, came to a turning in December. 1921. I finally got into tho ring with one of the big fighters j of France. it was Paul jour nee; sporting writers writ-ers came to sec him "kill the black." But I nun on points In 13 rounds Tli. n 1 had three fight.-, which gave me a chance to force Carpentier to j fight inc. in January, 1 beal K.r;i. is in HI rounds, winning oft points. I outpointed out-pointed Joiirnee awaln In .March. Finally, Fi-nally, on June 23, I beat Marcel NUlen the real heavwelght champion of France, winning on points in fifteen rounds. Nllles was my most important opponent, op-ponent, lie often tried to meet Carpentier. Car-pentier. but. I'c.-cauips always dodged hint. They said after I boat him that. NUleS broke both wrists punching my head. All I know Is ho Is a gam--fighter and I learned a lot by fighting 1 " PARIS ii .tis v 1 him That takes us up to the meeting; with Georges. Th Paris crowd 1 laughed at me in the find two rounds Bportlng writers said 1 was afraid J and that Is why 1 crouched. They had said the tight would end in the t irst round 1 made up my mind, no I matter what happened. It wouldn't end in tli, nrvt round, nor the second I knew when It cam-' 10 science ,;,lk''.i nad me beat I Knew all about his swiftness. And they said ho could punch awfullv hard. I tried to square off In such a way that he could not hit me at all. and If he did he would hit my head in places where a knock-lout knock-lout would not follow. Wi ll Heorsres punches me r number num-ber of times when l thought he '. ouldn't. and he gave me all he had, I, it I r..-n raw It w 'sn't rno-iRh Hi- punch wasn"t going to knock me out. I had him sized up. saw what he bad and believed my strength superior, mv punch at least equal GEORGES GOl S l W l sailed In. and tin' rest you know. Ii was courageous, very courageous. He took an awful beating without a whimper, and kept coming In for more until he didn't know where he was at. Beating him made me tin- champipn hr.ivyw eii;ht of Furopc and the middleweight mid-dleweight champion of the world. That talk about the fighting chlm panzee is crazy. The; point is not the beauty or ugliness of my manner in the ring. The point is I won fairly by laklnp: the best Georges could pive and returning blow for blow win D I saw the chance. I want to meet more big men. T make no predictions. I simply fight nr. best. Who and where I fight next that is up to Charley Hellers. He's my manager, and when be says fight, I fight VNTS DEMPSJ l If he says, "SI kl. you must get ready to fight .lack Dempsey." I would get ready. Dempsey may be a mountain of a man and B wonderful boxer and a great puncher, and quick as a cat and all the rest of it. but l would take a chance I would try to make it lively for Monsieur Dempsey. I would do more. I would try to brinp the world's championship to Franc.-, f..r me I am a French citizen. I want to go on fiphtinsr and make monev and save it. Then some day. when I am beaten, as all fighters are. I plan to settle down In the country In France with mi wife and be B farmer. I like to see thin growing calves babies, chickens and trees. THE END. (Copyright, 1922. NEA Service) |