El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-29
WELSH TRAINS HARD FOR FIGHTS;
ISGETTING OLD; WILL SOON LOSE
Former Sparring Partner Says Lightweight Champion
Makes Every Bout Serious Matter and Trains For
1t Carefully; Declares Mitchell, White Dundee or
Leonard Would Make Good Contenders
BY T. $. ANDREWS.

HWAUKEE, Wis, March %
! NJ According 20 Eddie Moy. tn,
4 = former sparring partner o
Freddie Welsh, there are few fighters
in the business who train harder thar
Freddie Welsh when he is preparing
for a contest OF any kind.
! 1T makes no difference to Welsh
whether it is for championship battle
4 or a ten-round contest" said Moy, IN
( discussing the matter, for he trains
| just as hard for one as the other. J
! was with him two or three years ana
/ I never met a fighter I'm all my life
! who works so hard as Welsh when he
/ is preparing for a battle.
HE does not train all the while, FOR
I there are times when he viii lay of
I and do a thing, and even between
matches there are time when he fails
/ to train, but the moment he has a con-
! test Of any consequence, you may rest
assured that he is going TO work so
hard to be I'm shape, no matter whether
he is overweight or not. L have boxed
many of the lightweights in this cOun
try. but I will tell you truthfully that
in my estimation Freddie Welsh out
shines all OF them by a long way.
IF he were five years younger
there would be no lightweight in this
country who would have the ghost Of
chance with him. He is getting to that
age now when he viii begin to slip,
young. strong lightweight who viii
come along and take his measure when
least expected"
thinks Wei Of Mitchell.
ct have a great deal of regard for
Charlie White. but I really think that
Johnny Dundee or Benny Leonard
would give him as hard n battle as
any one. I have heard a great deal
about Richie Mitchell the Milwaukee
lightweight, but cannot pass Judgment
on him as have never seen him IN
action. From what other boxers tell
me who have fought him. there is no
doubt In my mind that he stands very
highly among the lightWei gifts, and no
doubt would put up as fine a contest
with Welsh as any Of them. He IL
young and ambitious. and no doubt in /
long contest would give Welsh con- |
siderable trouble. 7 understand that |
Mitchell and Welsh are to meet in Mil /
waukee early in April in a ten-rOund /
contest"
"Of course I would expect Welsh to /
him, but you never can tell (
with a young, clever fellow like Nit
chelL I should think that Benny 4
Leonard and Mitchell would make a
wonderful contest between them. as
both are clever, shifty and fairly hard
hitters."
Fulton Did Something.
Fred Fulton. the Rochester giant. ;
accomplished Something last week that I
none OF the heavyweights have been |
'AS ~ pul over lot long time, and
that Is the knocking out Of Jim FLYNN !
Ihe Pueblo heavyweight has been a
morn in the side of many Of the big
fellows for long time. He has suf-
Tered but four lnOckouts I'm his career.
)ne by Tommy Burns i'm I 8 rounds. an
other by Al Kaufman in nine rounds.
me by Sam LangfOrd in 90 rounds. and
mother by Luther Mccarthy i'm 10
'ounds. These occurred some time ago
md during the last three ye1rs Fire !
nan Jim has been meeting all the I
oughest heavyWeights in the business
md putting up some wonderful con-
ests- He has lost numerous battles
tut has always been fighting like n
Wild man throughout, and giving the
ans satisfaction for their money.
A week before he met Fulton. he
'attled with Jack Dillon I'm New York
or 10 rounds, Dillon having the best
II It, but being unable to stop him.
{ remained for Fulton to turn the
rick and in doing so, demonstrated
nat ne is back in form and has "a ter
tfic punch in either hand When Ful
on knocked out Andre Anderson a few
months ago, the Chicago man was nut
o sleep for nearly half an hour. and I
lnce that time Anderson has won q /
lumber Of contests I'm the east
In the battle with Flynn. the I
rochester giant fought him at his own !
'ame, mixing in close and at long |
ange. While at long range. he MADE !
lynn chopping block, the same as
ack Johnson did at Las VEGAS when /
hey fought for the championship. !
'ultOn kept Flynns head bobbine- {
acR like a cork on the water-ffrst. /
With straight lefts to the jaw. and then
,lth short right upper cuts when in
lose me opening round Of what