Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
JESS NOT LIKELY
TO LOSE HIS TITLE
Bout with Moran Will Be But Ten
Rounds and Champ Can Only
Lose by Knockout.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR THAT

NEW YORK. an. 81 The proposed
bout between Willard and Frank Moran
Is Of unusual interest In that Il brings TO
bear upon the heavyweight title several
angles which arc unusual In ring contests
where this title has been involved Under
TIE laws Of the state OF New York the
boxers will meet in what is termed a
ten-round sparring exhibition without de
cislon, and II both men are on their feet
At the expiration OF thirty minutes OF
boxing future ring records will carry tho
bout as q no-decision contest.
Consequently the only way In which
the heavyweight championship could pass
from Willard. the holder, 20 Moran. would
be for the latter TO knock out his OPP
ronent or win on a foul 30 deliberate that
there could be no question as 20 It's In
tent. 1t can be seen, therefore. that
the chief interest In the contest hinges
on the probability Of either Willard or
Moran knocking out his opponent and
thus demonstrating decisive supremacy.
Since the days when heavyweigh,s first
donned gloves and fought under Queens
bury rules the ring records show that
knockouts IN bouts IN which champ M
have participated have averaged we ! over
ten rounds. Notwithstanding that the list
includes such powerful httens as JET.
fries, Fitzsimmons. Sharkey. johnson and
sullivan. Going back to tho year. 1Se2.
when Corbett won from Sullivan IN
twenty-one rounds, the tables show that
seven heavyweight title holders fought
eighteen battles in which the champion
ship was at stake
Average Above Ten Rounds.
These contests included those in which
the battles terminated In knockout or a
referees decision. Al told, 2i2 rounds
were fought, and the average rounds TO
knockout waA approximately thirteen
and one-half In this list Of ring battles
are included several in which poor OPP
ponents were quickly disposed of. such
as the Jcffrles-Munroe and Burns-Squ.res
bouts. When the list is pruned to those
IN which the title actually passed tho
average II SIN higher From the time
Corbett 81 sed Of Sullivan until willard
punched johnson into the ex-champio On
ship class. seven title holders rcso and
fell. and the total number OF rounds
necessary In the change OF champion
ships was lis, which gives an average of
very close TO seventeen rounds per title
LATHE.
From these figures II will bo seen that
the chances Tor knockout IA the ten
round bout between Willard and Moran
are against such n. feat. The records OF
the boxers themselves, when taken IN
connection with the performances OF the
prospective opponent, would appear 20 be
against the scoring of n knockout inside
ten rounds. Moran has fought forty-two
bouts, winning nineteen. or about IS per
cent, BY knockouts. and the average dura-
ton Of bouts ending in knockout was
five rounds.
willard has engaged In thirty battles
eighteen OF which he won by the knock.
out route, giving him an average OF
about 90 per cent. Tho average OF rounds
TO knockouts In the champions case II
elk and two thirds for these eighteen
bouts. That either willard or Moran can
fight up to these averages when faced b.
an opponent OF the caliber that he viii be
called upon to meet in ths contest Il
most unlikely.