The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10


doing more actual boxing tha
the camps.
Because OF the immense amount OF
boxing Benny did with much bigger
men he cut out all idea Of keeping
to "A training diet and ate big meals
His system demanded more fuel
As result OF the hard work and I'm.
creased food supply Benny grew
thick and heavy and strong. Just ns
any healthy man viii n he works
hard and eats what he wants.
When the war was over Leonard
was "A big wcltorwoight. and his flesh
was solid. lie was In the physical
condition OF laborcr--w which isn't
the best condition for boxing. two
much muscle takes away speed.
For long time Benny avoided
making weight for his matches as
much as possible. He told me then
that he didn't want to "go tho way
OF Joe Cans" Joe grew into vel
terweight, and the strain Of hard
training to keep In the lightweight
class. the constant reducing. took
away his vitality and no doubt weak
ened him and gave tuberculosis a
chance to develop.
Leonard always insisted that hn
could make the lightweight limit
any timc--aud he was an ounce un-
der l35 pounds when he weighed In
tor the Tender fight. At that. maxi
ing weight now ana then when he r.
naturally Il welterwoight, seems "a
have cut into Loonard's fighting
ability.
Courage and determination
brought him through the fight with
Il NN.aaH
sure loser I'm the opening rounds
He beat Ever Hammer by carefully
outboxing him, partly because of n
cut over tho eye received In the
Tender fight. and partly to make a
strong finish.
Nelson Never Had Ia Train OFF.
The fighting champions who last
ed best in the past have oil been
men who had no trouble making the
weight
Jack McAullffo was inylnclblo uu .
~ he began to carry too much
flesh.
Kid Lavigne was a natural light
weight, and no was Frank Erno.
Frank might have b0cn champion
for many years II he hadn't made
l26 pounds for n fight with Terry
McGoyern. lie had to reduce nine
pounds. Training In New York in
blistering summer heat ne dried up
suddenly n week before the fight,
grew fcyerish and went three or four
pounds under the required weight,
ana IN his weakened condition could
not put on weight again. In the
first round he had bewildering
speed and skin. but after that ho
blew up and McGovorn knocked him
out
Battling Nelson toughest of al
l!ghtweights, kept his stamina un-
impaired throughout several years
OF fighting Nelson's natural weigh,
was ] 80 pounds. or from 130 TO 1872
and he forced his opponents 10 make
the lightweight limit Of 1913 ring
side. Nelson never had 10 train of
weight while no waR champion. 80
always entered the ring at his
best
Ad Wolgast, the Michigan benrcot
was n fighting terror and great
champion. His weight was from %
20 100 p0unds--usually l2s ring
side. He never had 10 train on
weight. Wolgast's dissolution as O
! fighter came from other causes.
While Ritchie was handicapped bS
having 20 take Off weight. as he wai
|
I I'm splendid condition although hi.
spare time n given 20 golf instead ol
| boxing, he weighs about 15O pounds
Freddy Welsh, who lasted a Ions
/ time among the best lightweiRhts
/ was naturally i2S 10 l30-pOun,
man and never weighed over 1873
/ RE could train Tor specd aui iui
/ strength. not worried by maklng
| weight and he had great endurance
Not So Bad for Big Fcllcrs.
In other classes great fighters Ike
| the original Jack Dempsey middle
weight champion, Tommy Ryan
| Kid Mccoy, Boo FitzsimmonB, Terry
McGovcrn. George Dixon, Joe Wal
colt and Mysterious Billy Smith
never had any weight worries. Tom
my Ryan never weighed over l5a
pounds when he was knocking out
the middlowoiRhts, with the class
limit 1853 ringside. Jack Dempsey
was even lighter--h real wcltcr'
weight according 70 modern stand,
, ards. lie was usually under lof
pounds.
bob Fitzslmmons weighed under
| iG0 pounds an mlddlcwclght cham
plon, and was only 1873 when M
whipped big Jim COrbett at Carson
and not much over that when h'
/ fought the gigantic Jim Jeffries al
| Coney Island. KID Mccoy grow IRON
! a weltcr 10 n middle weight, ant
| was not over l6j pounds at any nm
/ when he was fighting Gus kuhlln
! the Akron giant, Peter Mahcr, Jaol
| Mccormick. Tom Sharkcy and III.
| other heayywciRhts. McGpycru wa.
! bantam and fcatherweight and wheI