The New York herald., 1922-07-08
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Rickard Wants willard Match,
While Fitzsimmons Talks
for Brennan Bout.
By CHARLES =. MArH1sos.

Stretching around a section Of the
wall of Floyd FitsimmonGs arena In
Michigan City, Ind. last Tuesday whom
Leonard and Kansas met In battle, was
huge banner bearing tho announce
ment that Dempsey and Bill Brennan
would nght there on Labor Day. Fits
simons declared that he had the prom
Use OF Dempsey and Kearns that the
champion would light for him, but
Kearns denies that articles have been
signed. Dempsey and Fitxsimmons are
close friends and the champion Il. in
clined to battle for the Michigan City
man. Fttz insists that the match he
seeks would b a good one on account
OF Brennan being a Chicagoan.
On the other hand. Rickard would
Ike to stage match between Demp-
sey ana Willard to take place In tho
East. probably Jersey City. It re-
mains to be seen where the champion
VIII box. and It looks as though Rick
ara wcuif pun the stronger stroke with
1t is declared that Johnny Buff. the
ny ana bantam champion. win weigh
but 113 pounds next Monday night when
he faces Joe Lynch at the New York
Velodrome In defense Of his bantam
honors. This will be but one pound
above the fiyweight limit and as Lynch
VIII go into the ring at 118 pounds,
the limit Of the bantam class, the
west slider will have q pull Of five
pounds In the weights. This in a match
between little men Is apt to prove q
serious handicap to the smaller boxer.
II Buff can concede that advantage in
weight to Lynch and defeat him it will
prove that the Jersey man Is as profi-
40 1A L. III
the Briton gave away many pounds to
opponents and won from them.
Buffs argument in support of his
ability to give that much weight to
Lynch is ingenious. He claims that
Lynch will have trouble reducing to the
lis pound limit and will not be able to
make the poundage and fight with COM
plete vigor. Buff on the other hand
Will not be called upon to reduce and
will have to train only for speed and
endurance, which will put him in tho
ring In condition to do his very best.
He Is entirely relieved of the worry
and anxiety Of boxer compelled to
make weight, and eats all he pleases.
Buff claims that the operation on
his neck has relieved him from an all
ment that obstructed his breathing, and
that he is now able to exert himself
without any iii effects.
This reasoning certainly-malSes the
Buff outlook rosy one. but the fact
should not be lost sight OF that Lynch
has been in superb physical condition in
recent bouts and that he weighed lit
pounds and fought with great vigor in
his last engagement. Buff will need to
fight with remarkable skill II he de-
feats Lynch next Monday night.
frankie Jerome, the Harlem bantam,
who Billy Gobson hopes will some day
win the bantam crown, will have a
chance to show his form at the velo-
drome next Monday night. His op-
ponent will be Jack Wolfe. Cleveland
bantam, to whom Kilbane, once threat
ened to make present Of the feather
weight title, but changed his mind.
Tommy Lougman, Philadelphia's
favorite light heavyweight fighter, ap-
parently feels confident that he will
defeat Harry Greb In the Quaker City
next Monday night. Loughran is a kard
runcher. but the young man will very
likely find 1t much more difficult to
hit Greb than any other boxers he has
met In the ring.