The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-18
JOHNNY WILSON
REMAINS CHAMP
Gets Decision i'm 15-Round Bout
Over Mike O'DOwn in
New York.
lex nae Assoclated Pressl

| bout with Mike O'Dowd, former cham
pion, at Madison Square Garden here
| tonight. At the end of the battle the
judges disagreed and Referee Johnny
| McAvoy, of Brooklyn, gave his de-
cision in facor of Wilson.
The bout itself was rather dis
appointing one from a fistic stand
| point, as each man seemed afraid of
the other, and ODowd only adopted
| his famous rushing tactics occasion
ally.
Wilson, who has the longer reach,
| was able to stand off or outpotnt
ODowd as long as the ex-champion
| was content to box or spar, but when
ever O'Dowd stepped inside to fight
in his usual rushing fashion Wilson
was the sufferer
Both principals had weighed in un-
der the stipulated 100 pounds at 2
o'clock this afternoon. Wilson turned
the scales at 1853 and O'Dowd weighed
159 IA pounds.
They shook hands at 9:48.
Round both landed light 1efts
to the head and then ODowd rushed
and lefts to the head ana right hard
to the body. Wilson. who fights left
handed with the right foot extended,
jabbed O'Dowd couple of times and
O'Dowd again forced him to the ropes,
sending hard lefts and rights to the
head. Wilson whipped his left to tho
stomach and O'Dowd sent right and
left to the body and head. They were
sparring at the bell.
Round I'm the second they stood
toe to toe exchangingly blows rapidly.
Both missed swings to the head, but
each reached his opponents body
frequently. The round was even.
Round 3.-Wilson kept jabbing to
the face, and O'Dowd sent a solid
right to the body, following up with
left and right to the head O'Dowd
forced his man to a neutral corner
with a hard right on Wilson's nose.
Towards the close of the round
ODowd landed right on the neck and
Wilson shot his right to the stomach.
Both men were very careful
Round 4.-Wilson jabbed to the face
and ODowd crossed his right to the
Wilson broke ground when Mike
rushed him, and then O'Dowd landed
his right on Wilson's left eye. Wilson
hooked left to head and O'DoWd rush
ed him to the ropes. sending left and
right to the wind. Wilson missed a
left swing just before the bell
Round 5.-Wilson hooked his right
10 the head, and at close quarters sent
right and left to the body. O'Dowd
complained to the referee that Wilson
had some foreign substance on his
hair. The referee stepped between
them and examined Wilson's head and,
after smelling the hair decided that
the complaint was not well founded.
There was a great deal of long range
sparring and. then they vent to 4
clinch without any damage being done.
Round 6.-O'Dowd was short on a
couple of leads and then they ex-
changed body blows. Wilson held
Mike off with hia long right. but
whenever they came to close quarters
the infighting was pretty equally di-
vtded.
Round TIP to this time O'Dowd
had not stepped in with his usual
rushing tactics. but after sparring for
a little while, O'Dowd smashed his
right to the jaw twice without re-
turn. O'Dowd became more aggressive
and landed both left and right to the
head and jaw while Wilson countered
on the body. O'Dowd sent right toI
head and jaw, while Wilson countered
on the body. ODowd sent right 1oI
head and body Just before the bell.
Round S.-They exchanged lefts
and rights to body and head AID
O'Dowd forced Wilson to the ropes
twice with right hand body blows.
O'Dowd staggered his opponent with
a right hook to the jaw and a few
seconds later swung his right hard
to the stomach Wilson missed right
hook for the head. ODowd landed with
his right on the stomach, and repeat
ea the blow at the close of the round.
Round 9.-Wilson swung his left to
the ribs and sent his right twice to
the body. OrDowd then rushed his man
into his own corner with right and
left to head Wilson had the better
of some hard infighting at close quar-
ters. They were in a half cIinch at
the bell.
Round 10.-WiIson swung left TO |
the body and ODowd crossed his
right to the jaw. A lively mix-up fol- |
lowed. both men playing for the body. |
Wilson hooked his right to the head
and O'Dowd sent a straight right over
the heart. After some close work,
O'Dowd crossed his right to the jaw.
sent his left to the body and brought |
his right up to the head again. |
ODowd sent another right to the head
before they went to their corners.
Round 11-O'Dowd missed swing |
and they went into a cHnch. Then I
they exchanged body blows. There |
were a couple of rapid exchanges on
head and body, and then O'Dowd /
hooked his right to the ear. Wilson's |
long right jabs seemed to bother
oDowd but he. however, got in a |
couple of half-ar1n rights to the body |
and they finished the round in q /
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