Evening star., 1923-04-01

felt sure l could knock him out. l
always knew / could outpoint him in
.. decisior bout. but I never did think
that | would ever win from him on
a deliberate 9uI.
Leonard IA Clean Fighter.
Leonard had always been regarded
by the fans as one of the coolest
several times badly fiuStered, how
ever. He had always been regarded
as clean fighter and l would not
say now that he is otherwise.
Because he had such a fine charac-
ter and because he was regarded as
being of the highest type in the ring,
when a foul was called on him in the
thirteenth round of our contest in
the New York Nelodrome last June,
giving me the victory. some talk went
around that
The fight was fixed. or
II was not q. foul, or
Leonard wanted TO run out that
Everybody is entitled to his own
opinion and / guess l can have mine.
admitting that it is purely an optn-
ion.
1 think that Benny lost his head.
As for it being foul. l know 1t
was.
Won Two Ways.
1t has been a pet crack Of mine
that l won two ways from Leonard
that night-on points, as far as 1t
went. and on a foul. ! don't believe
there is any question that / had him
Outpointed in twelve rounds.
Ii the bout had been staged three
nights before I'm sure / would have
stopped Leonard. l never felt better
in my career and L know L will never
be in the same perfect condition
again.
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had been suffering with insomnia for
more than q year. When l was not
training / used to remain up until
near midnight and sleep until late in
the morning. After my first bout
with Mickey Walker, though, began
to get nerves. When 1 started to
train and had to retire early, l
couldn't sleep until after midnight
and then 1 didn't get any rest. /
tried all kinds of remedies but none
of them worked.
Changes Training Methods.
Working indoors around badly
ventilated gymnasiums l knew hadn't
to train for the Leonard fight I de-
cided to do my work outside, and ]
went to Saratoga. The change OF
scenery, climate and surroundings
acted just like a tonic and I began
to get pleasure out of my work. In
fact, got to feeling SO good that
] did too much work and became
fine too quickly. Three days before
the fight l had become pointed and
by the time I went into the ring ]
was a bit stale. 1 do not mean that
l felt badly, but I didn't have as
much pep and fire as / had been
feeling.
Technical description of the actua
the sixth, eighth eleventh and thir.
teenth rounds. The rest were almost
the routine of going into him, keep.
ing him close to the ropes and watch.
ing about stepping back from him.
L have always found that no op-
ponent is very dangerous If you car
keep a left hand sticking in his face
get in and out and prevent him from
getting set for a. punch. They art
fundamentals of boxing.
How Leonard Boxes.
Leonard's favorite offense is to get
| in close. block with his hands after
the fashion of Jack Johnson, pusf
with short right hand as you steI
| back. If you keep coming into hin
strong and keep on top Of him hi
can't do it.
Another thing-Leonard doesn''
like to get his back near the ropes
Every time he gets near them, ht
turns his head little and look:
! around Very dangerous!
So l had been carrying the fight tt
him and giving him, thought, a neal
! pasting. In the sixth and eight
rounds I got two good shots at hi.
| jaw. They hurt him, but when they
didn't drop him l thought:
We'll, Jack, it's a decision now"
In the eleventh round it looked
quite differently. My head was sing
| ing. the ring seemed going round anC
! 1 thought was gone. Tt has alway:
l-been my contention that Leonart
Wasn't as smart d fighter as he i
| generally credited with being. It wa