Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-09
CONN IN U.S.F0R
CRACK At LEONARD
Unlike Previous invaders, Latest
English Importation Is Pos
SCISSOR Of Knockout Punch
IN RING FOR FIVE YEARS
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

A MOTHER Britisher has invaded
"A these United States for the purpose
Of lifting worlds punching crown from
the brow of an American. Most Of
Eng.and's mittmcn who have come to
America have been clever boxers whose
punches were not stiff enough to. cope
with the wallops of our leather pushcrs.
Joe Conn, the latest importation from
Great Britain. unlike his other coun.
trymcn who have visited these shoals, Is
knocker.out. Sir Joseph proved that
he had the well-knOwn WALTON to the
satisfaction of a Philadelphia audience
the other night when he scored u tech
nical X. o. over Mike Pnulson. This
was the first decisive setback ever suf-
ffcrel by the rugged Swede from st..
Paul.
Conn is in America for champion.
ship battle with Benny Leonard says
Charley Harvey, New York importer of
foreign boxers. ''.Toe has the class to
warrant him a match with the title
holder. but I am not going to angle
for such set-to for several months.
! want him to become absolutely acci
mated and then I feel confident Leonard
will find himself in combat with the
greatest punching lightweight ever
brought to America from England"
Started as F1yweight
\ glimpse ut COnn's record shows
that Joe is not flash in the pan. lie
has been boxing for five years, has
had number of twenty-round bouts
among his engagements. which also in
clude "A string of knockouts. Starting
as f1ywcight in 1917, Conn has battlcd
! his way up into the lightweight divi .
sion. and after fighting himself out oi
opponents he came to Americn.
The only decisive defeat appearing
on Conn's record occurred in 1918, whcr
he lost to Jimmy Wilde, the worlds fly
weight champion, in the seventeenth
round In London. At that time Wilde
was ut the top of his form and most OF
MS opponents were slowed away within
half dozen frames.
Conn's terrific right -hand wallop wa,
the talk OF all England, according t,
Harvey. ''IIc hit those fellows owe,
there so hnrd,' explains Charley, "tha
for, several months before crossing tn,
Atlantic he was idle because no on
would consent to box him. Joe is goin!
TO upset a lot of these so.called tougi
guys, because when he connects vii!
that right something must fall.''
Drops Paulson
Paulson was recognized as a rca
, rugged battler. Only recently he stoo,
. oft George CLANCY, the Baltimor
*. o: King, in eight rounds. Chane,
! nit Mike 50 hard fans were wont L
, ask, What's keeping that guy up?'
{ And George could not knock the Swcd
q off his feet.
, For the first round against Paulso
, Conn took things easily. He did no
extend himself, but IN the second roun
h" got his right working. And wnau
sock. lie ripped open cut over Paul
, sons left eye and also staggered Paul
i son.
Q Almost ns soon as the bell sounde
= the beginning Of the third frame, Con
o started TO pop right handlers off Paul
! sons tough chin, and, finally, one q
these blows dropped Mike into the resin
lc got up without taking n count, bl
-, nc was badly dazed, and after two q
+ three punches Referee Frank O'Brie
, stopped the match.
= Born IN 1897, Conn, whose real nam
4 Is Joseph Cohen and an English Jew
y will be twenty five years of age o
= March II Of this year. While /
, weighed in at ! 40 pounds for his mntc
e. at the Olympia Monday night again.
= PaulSon, Joe is legitimate lightweigi
u and says he will have no trouble scalill
n l31 pounds at . O'Clock.