The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-16
KELLY BOORDEI BATTLE PROMISES
 TO BE GOOD SCRAP
PrelimS to Main, Fight Should Also Furnish Much Good
 Entertainment

If hard training counts for any
 thing. the fight Monday night be- k tween Freddie Boorde and Battling
 Kelly should be a corker, as these
 two boys are doing work this week that would make Hercules turn pale, and anoInce themselves to he rounding into the best of shape. This battle should be feature
 scrap from every standpoint and should furnish the crowd a world of thrills
 To begin with, both men are two
 of the cleverest boys that ever met
 at the B. A. C. and 1t will not only be a match of punches but it will be match of first class wits, and
 worlds of speed. Both fighters are well known over the south and the one that gets licked Is going to lose lot of his boxing prestige 90 1 this will be an added thing to make the boys work like demons all 10 rounds
 Kelly Training Kelly is training harder and
 steadier than he has been known to train before, and this is not even
 barring the times when he had to | prime his carcass for the absorb 1 tion of Dummy-Barrington punches. ! Kelly is not only doing lots of road work, but he IS also doing more | boxing than he has ever done in | the past. Kelly Is now fighting at 1S5 pounds. If Kelly can get in the proper shape for this scrap he stands good chance of beating one of the best men than ever campaign
 ed in southern boxing circles. Freddie Boorde is not sleeping
 over nine hours these days himself. the rest of the time being devoted
 to training for the fight and think ing about the scrap. Freddie says
 that he is going to be at his best
 this time, and. has fully made up
 his mind to show the fight fans
 that inst because he does not weigh | not quite as much reach, that he hasn't got to lose the old scrap.
 Nearly every fight fan in Birming ham knows of Boorde's wonderful
 ability, but very few of them know ! of the record behind him. Among 1 those he has met and defeated are ] Battling Budd, Peerless Ferns, Ash 1 ton Donza and Jack Brady. Aside l from these victories, Boorde has also
 won from a number of other good | boys He is not any champion. but | there are times when he fights like one, and if Kelly hits one of those ] times Monday night, things should be little bit merrier than the Bat
 tier is anticipating.
 Brady Versus McGinty
 The semlfinal bout will find Jack
 Brady and John McGinty industri- | ously endeavoring to knock each
 others domes off. Both Brady and McGinty have appeared numerous 1 times before in Birmingham and d
 great fight is expected when they
 meet.
 Danny Stevens and Jimmie Woods will meet for four rounds in what promises to be one of the best bouts 1 ever staged on a B. A c. prelim. | These two scrappers met once be- 1 fore and after four nip and tuck rounds, the referee called the bout
 a draw. This time each is anxious
 to make it a decision in his favor
 and both will fight furlously to that
 end
 Carl Arnold will meet Johnny sha-
 lrid for three rounds. Both. are good | boys and the fight should be a good | one. Claude Wilson will also fight
 if Tommy Tompkins is able to find
 some one capable of giving him a
 good battle.
 With this array of bouts on the | programme the card should be one | of the best events that the Athletic 1 club has ever staged.