Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-07
BATTLERS HAVE
MUCH At STAKE
LlGHTWEIGHTS TO BOX FOR
RECOGNITION
Defeat Of Young corbett Friday Night
Eliminates Him From Further Con-
sideration - Herrera Would
Also Suffer in Prestige

| The event i'm pugilistic circles for this
week will be the battle between Young
! Corbett, former champion of the world
In his class, and Aurelio Herrera, the
kicking Mexican which is sChcd-
| uled for Friday night.
| The eyes of fight fans throughout the
! country are directed toward Los An
| geles because II Is known that Young
| Corbett IS training harder for this bat
! tie than he ever trained in all his life
| and 1t Is expected that the result will
! demonstrate whether Young CorbetL
| has any chance of regaining his lost
championship and prestige in the ring
These boys are ideal opponents I'm the
ring because they fight exactly i'm the
same manner and it will be birf. bang
bng from the tap Of the gong and vic
tory will probably perch upon him who
is the superior at the give-and-take
game.
A decisive victory for Corbctt gives
him license to claim attention from
Battling Nelson, Jimmy Britt and other
topnotchcrs i'm the lightweight division.
Herrera is one of the toughest propo-
sitions in the ring that ever donned
glove and his uphill battle with Bat
Ting Nelson. after the Mexican had
trained for only five days and entered
the ring in Il weakened condition be.
cause of physical ills. makes him a
worthy foe for any of them.
Both boys have punch which is la
| bcled decisive" and If either ever gets
! this punch home the shouting will be
| in order. Each IS an experienced bat
tier and thoroughly schoolcd in the fine
| POINTS of the game and is ring gen.
eral Of much ability.
The battle viii be attractive because
of these facts and Mana ger McCarey
is expecting to entertain a $4,000 house.
Difficulties to Reduce
"Young "'orbett," from all appear
anccs, will have great difficulty i'm max
ing the weight required by his contract
for the Hererra fight and realizing this
fact the eN-ChampiOn now is deVoting
himself almost entirely to road work
ana other weight reducing exercises.
Boxing in the gymnasium and light
shadow work that mas been occupying
the afternoons of the clever Denver boy
have been abandoned for floor work
to remove his porch" and afternoon
spins to Ascot and return. on alter
late days he does a little light boxing
"tO keep his hand in" but the fight
fans who have been flocking to the
Lewis gymnasium to see the Denver
boy work out now are spending their
time at the Hererra camp at the pavii.
ion.
Corbett was on the road Yesterday
morning an hour and forty minutes and
i'll tho afternoon spent two hours and
five minutes reeling off distance on
country roads.
On his return to the training quarters
! Corbett stepped on to the scales but re-
fused to state what his weight was.
Hererra has reached a point in his
| training when road work may be cut
| from his daily program in a great meas.
ure.
Yesterday afternoon he went through
two hours of ring work and concluded
the dumbell exercises and shadow work
with eight rounds of no gentle boxing
with the preliminarianS who are also
preparing for their curtain raisers.
Aurelio's foot work is improving and
he had the amateurs making wild
lunges that fell far short of where they
had been directed.
Herrera certainly appears to be a
faster man at the present time than
previous to his fight with Eddie Han
Ion The Mexican says he was sick
when he entered the ring with Eddie
and in no condition to put up a good
exhibition. In the coming fray. how
ever, there will be no such drawback
! for the bakersfield boy was never in
| better trim
| i'NN'' N'f'NF u Illt NtlSIll OF NOTDett ana
the speed shown by Hererra there is a
| tendency among betting men to recon-
sider Corbett as favorite in the COM
| ing battle and the odds have shifted
back from 1919 in the Denver mans
| favor toward n sentiment that favors
Hererra, especially as the Mexican has
announced that he would stand up and
light after the Hermann fashion in an
endeaVor to finish his rival out of hand.