Bisbee daily review., 1922-07-27
B|G INTEREST |S SHOWN BY FANS
 IN TITLE BOUT
Leonard- Tender Contest For World's s Lightweight Crown
 Provokes Much Talk

NEW YORK, July 26.-Not since the Dempsey-Carpentier fight. has the public been so worked up over a box Ing match, as it appears to be over the encounter tomorrow evening in Jersey City beteween Champion Ben ny Leonard, New York, and challeng- CT Lew Tender, Philadelphia, for the worlds lightweight title.
 Hardly since Leonard took the title from the Englishman, Freddy Welch at the old Manhattan Casino, has there been so much pre-fight discus sion over lightweight contest though in the intervening time. Benny has met every contender who asked for a chance. Tender has fought an uphill battle for recognition all this time.
 By almost evetyone except the champion himself, Tender is ack- nowledged the most dangerous op- ponent Leonard has matched his crown with since ascending the throne. To newspapermen at his training camp at Budd's Lake, N. J., Leonard has belittled Tendler. christ ened him a dub" and classified him as a second rater."
 Usually Leonard is less garrulous He has trained hard, and carefully which Tender cites as ample refuta- tion of the champions utterances. Leonard said he is at the peak of his manhood, that he never will be better boxer.
 Tender too had trained diligently at his quarters at Delanco N. J., an arlstocratic suburb about 20 miles from Philadelphia on the Delaware river. The challenger has declined to make prediction and only says, I'm going to do my best''
 For the last few days Leonard has been irritable, but gay. He claims utter sincerity in his appraisal of Ten dler. The challenger appears genu- inely hurt and quietly angered. He radiates grim determination. but makes it plain that too much talking might jeopardiZe his levelness of head
 It will be the first meeting of the two, though they were matched for the championship bout last year. An episode occurred at that time, that caused i'll feeling, Tenders manager Phil Glassman, taking the s5,OOO for felt Leonard had rendered for appear ance, which he was unable to make because of a broken hand, suffered several days before the fight.
 Boxing fexperts are divided on which man hits the hardest, which is the most aggressive and which can absorb the most punishment, but there is clear difference in their fighting styles. Tendler is a left handler and Leonard uses his right to the greatest advantage, Tender is a body puncher, and Leonard devotes more time to the chin and jaw though in Tenders favor best by far. He has been in nearly 200 ring battles since he became a i Saturday night preliminary boy ten years ago, knocking out 63 Or about one third of his opponents. gaing sev- en decisions on points, and finishing 11S other no decision affairs, in most of which he had a clear margin.
 Tender has been two years less in | the ring and has been in about half | as many bouts, 76 or more than three fourths of them being no decision af- fairs in a majority of which he was the unofficial victor. He has 19 knockouts to his credit. He has lost a few decisions. notably one to Rocky who fell an easy victim to Leonard less than a month. ago
 Furthermore, the names of the mighty are not as prominent in Tend ler's record as in Leonard's. His big