Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-08

Wy HNfNNN - kNNHHAAN
The whole country So DISCUSSING tho
Cans Nelson fight No hstlo ououun-
ter ln several years has stirred up az
much interest. Even the heavyweight
battles pale into inslgnlncance.
With the contest growing danger.
uusly near 90 lts settlement dis
cussiun OF the merits Of the two
nghiora VIII not be out Of place. Both
have styles that are paculiarto them
selves, and willie each has ita ad-
Vnntage. brute strength in this case
VII be q mighty important factor.
Al the present time Battling Nell
son la for his inches tho strongest
anG Murdiest pugillal ia the world
Don't misunderstood me. He Is not the
best fighter, but for brute strength
ana tcnacity and endurance. be has 20
take back soar for 30 one
Gems IN his day was an almost ideal
nehtef. he had a punch, great clev-
crnCss and excellent endurance. IN
I al his important fights except the one
with McGovcrn, when there Is scarce
" any doubt he lald down, the COLI
urod lad showed wonderful ring abil-
lty. In fact 20 good was he most Of
the time that Il wns impossible Cor
him to fake without letting the public
get wise.
Cans also has one Of the greatest
records any prize fighter ever hoasted
~ He has taken part in over 100
Important fights, and hia climb TO-
ward the top was steady and sure
and when no met Erno for The worlds
championship ne was at bis best
mean the iagi time. io beat the great
fraak lea a punch, and an ightdom
morFcicd, FOR ID was only lwo years
before that Erne put the hooka into
Joe IN twelve rounds In New York.
Where was Nelson az that times
lio was Just starting up the ladder
hardly had beer heard OF IN fact Ho
was meeting second rutors IN mile
w1ukfo and Chicago. and his roputa
zion had not travelled much be-
vuni Hegcawlsch. A match between
Cans and the Dane az that time would
have been a Joke. But what has hap
peecd since thcn2
10 start with, Cans has not im-
proved q Hex. lie has gone back insi
how much, Us hard TO any. OF course
he claims that he is still as good as
the day he fought Erno. This Is sure
" n mistake. Everything IN his life
points to the opposite. His domestic
trouble, hiss friction with the fight
promoters and his age. These may bc
laughed 90 BY some, but the old fight
eFs wlll look and listen. They all
count And n there Is any of the
natural cowardico IN the baltimore
man that IS usually found ln the rep
fpScntatlvca 90 his race, ln the ring
then the llfo be has led Tor the past
four years win tend 90 increase o.
keyorHos take the starch out OF an
athlete as quick as anything be has
60 contend with. Nelson no doubt
realized this when he compelled Joe
70 make 1873. This would be- the final
nail IN the Coihn of his defeat from
the Danes standpoint, and / believe
no fighter ever entered the ring with
more confidence and assurance than
Nelson VIII have on September g. Cans
D. afraid OF the weight, and ! DO not
blame him, although be was compelled
10 listen 70 Nelson's arbitrary de-
mands IN the preliminary arrange
ments for the match.
let az hope shat there u enough
personal enmity between the two
lighters 20 make up for the lax con-
4 ditions which govern the fight. A.
Y everybody knows by ihls time, Nelson
and his manager could see nothing
that wasn't anre. Il took $4,000 win
or lose TO make them ainx their names
10 contract. aud the guarantee that
Cans would make 1873 al the rlngslde
But u Is in the con Imperative iight-
ing strength Of the two men that this
article Ia intended 10 deal Say Cans
u able 20 do an that he has con-
tracted 10 do. Say the weight az t3g
leaves him Ia the same condition tan
imposslbiityl that 1856 would Then
the Dane will face a fighting machine
that exeels him IN many respects. Ia
handling HIS hlitts Cans has always
been ceiover than Nelson. and, 81 fact
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