El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-02
CHOYNsKI ON FlTzSlMMONS.

Joe Choynski is clever pugilist, blu
don't class with F'itz5immons, Corbe
and Others IL the cham Dionsh1p lire
but rs a prognO.ticator Joe is decided,
deficient. IS can be proven by the fol
lowing words from his own mouth:
bob t'itzsimmons had no chance tt
defeat Corbett that [ could see. L hat
fought both men, and | bet $500 tina
Corbett would win and 800 that Fit
would not last to be knocked out, bu
| that he would quit. :"
| eff they were TO fight again, Woult
you bet the same way you did the las'
time?"
! mo: the next time I would bet on
Fitz. There is nothing to it. Corbet'
was not the man he used to be when ne
fought Fitzsimmons or he would have
won in a gallop; He has gone back;
| His vitality aud strength have faded
away [ didn't think Fitz would ever
hit him, and thought Corbett would
win very early in the fight"
FITZ IS a FROST
"Do YOU think that Fitz will fight
again?'' 81 don't see how he is going
to get out of it. He is the biggest kind
of a frost as a theatrical attraction.
He has a play now, and is going on the
road next season, 1t will lose him
every dollar that he has"
HAS COrbett any money
''Oh, | guess he has IS, 600 or SlO, 900.
He made lot of money and lost most
of it in Brady's theatrical enterprises
Some of the shows were winners ;other.
were frosts. This is bad time for
shows, and Corbett dropped great
deal of money that way.
''Corbett is not taking the care OF
himself he used to. | saw him GO on
with his sparring partner Connie
McVey, not long agO,and he was big
aud fabby. You didn't used to see any
thing like that. This Lavigne is d
great fighter. He isn't bit clever, but
he's Il good puncher. Talking about
fighters, Dixon beats them all. He is
differently constituted from all the
others. His heart only beats 50 to the
minute. He is wonderful in recuperat-
ing, however. He can go to his corner
dead beat, and the minutes rest will
ring him back again as good as ever.
81 used to think if any one got good
heart punch on him that he would
floor the champion. | saw Johnnie
Griffin. he Ba tmore lad, drill "a hun
dred hard punches over Dixon's heart,
and pledge you my word and honor
he didn't know he was hit"
"You have issued challenges to
Maher. Fitzsimmons. Corbett and
Mccoy, but not to Sharkey," was sug-
gested. why did you leave the Ma
riue out of your calculations:"
"Well, L just finished training and
seconding him for a fight, and | feel
friendly toward him. was the reply.
Another thipg. [ think Sharkey is
the toughest proposition of all OF them.
Mind, think can whip all Of them,
Sharkey included. | have fought every
one of them. and | am free to say that
think Sharkey the hardest nut to
crack of the quartet. He is young and
V gOrOus. and can go a long way at top
speed. Another thing, it is pretty hard
to hurt him. He is like an iron man. "
DO you expect to fight for the cham
pionship some time?''
''Certaiuly l do. l am only 2S,aud
I'm better right now than [ ever was
before. No one will fight me now. but
they can't hold their titles and not
fight. l have the backing and money
talks. | wish that Joe Goddard would
come to this country. | would like
very much to get another chance to
tight him. One thing they can't say
about me is at | ever refused u fight.
for am not duckirg challenges. | am
ssuing them and looking for anybody
that wants fight. Without throwing
any cut flowers to myself | can claim
the honor of having taken part in more
finish fights than any heavy weight in
the world. I'm in condition nearly all
the time, and can fight any time on
three days notice.