Arizona republican., 1921-12-25

CREAM OF AR|zONA'S BOXING TALENT WILL ENTERTAIN FANS
 AT COLISEUM TOMORROW NIGHT

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 Young Mike vs. Young Hockbone
 rounds
 Eddie LoVett vs. Tiny Refeid
 6 rounds
 Wildcat Johns vs. Young Douglas
 4 rounds
 Young Leonard vs. Cactus Brown
 4 rounds
 Ben Turkin vs. Jimmy Reese
 rounds
 Battle royal-five local battIers The American Legion boxing card to be held at the Coliseum theater tomorrow night promises to settle the much discussed question as to who is entitled to wear the lightweight crown in the state of Arizona.
 Phoenix offers Young Mike as first choice for the light title and on past performances Mike is ably fitted to carry the Phoenix colors in Mondays scrap.
 Hockbone a colored battler who has weight hope in the southern part of the state.
 Mikes Record
 Young Mike Crawled through the ropes eight times this year and he is &AC1AlN0 NANlA C4SAAk Stl di6lil hlO1h- outs Here are the boys who fell be- fore Mikes terrific onslaught: Bat ting sam, third round; Nal Polla third round: Kid Kicks, second round; Larry Murray, fourth round; Soldier Brown, first round; Pancho Mendoza, sixth round, Young Rivers, second round; Kid Moreno, first round. Mendoza is the only fighter who stood up for six rounds and Mike dropped Pancho before the final bell The home champ has battered his opponents into submission with right and left body hooks. seldom re- sorting to blows to the head. He carries a mighty wallop in both hands and is fairly clever. The only question is Mikes ability to take punishment and no opponent has yet given Mike enough fight to test him for his gameness.
 Hockbone met and defeated the best home boys in the southern part of the state and his experience will help offset Mikes hard wal1op. Hook bone can hit hard and can take a good punch; he knows the game and has a good head in the ring. He is by far the best boy yet signed to meet Mike and promises to give a good ac- count of himself. If Mike succeeds in defeating Hockbone Phoenix fans can back a real champ and the home boy will be ready for some good coast lightweight.
 Tucson has long claimed the state title for Hockbone, but efforts to match the boys have been unsuccess- full up to the present time. If Mike beats Hockbone tonight he can have a match with either Tommy Carter or Billy Alger at an early date-if he loses Mike will continue in the pre- liminary class for seasoning before again taking up the gauntlet for big timber.
 Eddie Lovett Again
 The semi-final six-round bout be- tween Tiny Refeld and Eddie Loveti is feature number. Tiny won one decision over Lovett in Eddie's firsi bout-Eddie beat Ben Turpin in his second start and if he beats Refel6 Monday night he gets crack a Young Arnold
 Refeld lost two close decisions tC Young Arnold and the winner of to- morrow nights bout will be a biz drawing card with Arnold at a futur' date. Tiny is clever bantam anG good puncher: he showed class il both bouts with Arnold and is bit favorite with the fans.
 Lovett is the cream of local boxer on appearance. He is the snappies puncher and feints and swings pret tier than any of the local boys. Eddie ever wins fame in the rope arena he will be a popular boxer a