El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

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MI are many fighters about the
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ing in classes to which they
time that the boxing authorities
found some way of making these
fellows box " here they belong.
There is no reason on earth why a
boxer claiming, or holding champion
shin should demand Of another boxer
that he scale at the weight limit while
he Cthe champiop) comes in at catch
weights The order would sound BET
ter il reversed. Here we have cham
pions in the bantam, featherweight
lightweight and even, at times, in the
middleweiEht class, asking their OPP
ponents to make a certain weight
while the ignore the limit It is un-
fair to the boxer who is trying to get
ahead and also to the patrons Of the
game who pay to support it.
A boxer who is not a champion is
always supposed to have the worst
OF the bargain when he goes against
the champion and trying to handicap
him still more does not help the Came.
Just because some unreasonable man
ayers got away with such unfair tae-
tics in the past is no reason why they
should be continued one thing IN Ia
vor of the old time fighter is that he
never Whimpered over few POUNDS
I'm weight. II a boxer finds he has
outgrown his class, let him advance
into the next one and not try to get
handicaps out Of those much lighter
than himself
Champions Hard to Deal With.
Promoters find it almost impossible
at times to deal with some Of the
champions or near champions because
they want all the best Of the Welshts
and in many cases want to pick their
opponents Then they often wonder
why they are roasted by press ana
public. I believe that If the American
boxing authorities were to adopt the
Australian or European scale OF
weights, there would be less OF TINS
vvrangIing over weights, for " IS PLAIN
that there is more leeway to their
weights than ours. They appear % DC
better balanced The flyweight OF IL
pounds and under is not even fecO5-
nized here and there are many good
boys around that mark The bantam
limit of rs gives the boys IN tnat az
vision more leeway and at the same
time does not force the little fellows
into the class. for the flyweig9ts are
taken care Of
Soon OutgrOw Divisions.
The featherweight class at l26
hounds is far enough away from me
bantams to take care OF just sucn
boys as Johnny Kilbane' Geor6e
ChaDez- Richie Mitchell Benny
Sb l,s1I and otbers-boys who cannot
make the 122 pound limit. 1t also gives
more space to the lightweights at 100
mounds there being a difference Of nine
pounds between the feathers and llght-
weight class. They advance as 5i- 70
the welters at 147 and the middles AZ
100. which is apparently more suited
10 all conditions than our own. rake
the real good middleweights, Welters
and lightweights and you VIII Ilnu
that they very soon outgrow their d.
Ahenrn Is strong Contender.
Another contender for the middle
weight crown has appeared on the hOIl-
zon and Messrs. Clabby, GIBBONS NC
GoOrty and Smith viii have to look 70
their Iaurels. The latest aspranL Is
Young Ahearn, the former Brooklyn
dancing master, who is credited by
some of the papers with a win over
Jack Dillon at Philadelphia New year
afternoon.
place among the contenders providing
he can still make the weight WnlcA
his manager, sam Murbarger, says NJ
can. but which Jack does not IKE
10 do Ahearn, who IS managed Dy ths
clever Dan McKetrick Of New YORK
is a real champion at present having
won the middleWeight crown OF Eu-
rope before the war broke out at 46U
pounds. and manager Dan says he VIII
post any forfeit that he viii make the
American limit Of 15S pounds.
Ahearn has made wonderful rec
ord the best year and muse be classeu
with the best. He viii no DOUBT Eet
into the present tourney Of middles
now being held in Milwaukee, the first
big event being between Jimmy Clabhy'
the recognized champion, and Mike Glib
hons. who disputes the same with the
Hammond wonder. This match VIII De
held nv the Cream City A. c., Of Mil
waukee. January q, and the indications
are that It will be as big an affair as
the recent Welsh-White match.
McGOOrty to Meet Winner.
Eddie NcGoorty the Wisconsin cham