Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-18
BELLO SCORES
FIRST KNOCKOUT
IN new ARENA
Trambitas, to Surprise of
All, Loses to Young
LugO

~ lptiio VI Ndn DleSO gets tlc
credit for scoring the first Knockout
at the Imperial Valley Athletic club,
the little scrapper making short
work of Tommy Sims of New Or
leans in the second round of what
was to be a 10 round go.
The fight started off like a
whirlwin6, with both boys showing
worlds of stuff. Sims, if anything,
showed more class than the coast
boxer, and was fast as chain light
ming. There was little 10 chose be-
tween them in the first round, and
. during the rest period at the end
of the round the fans settled back
to enjoy good fight.
The second round started like the
first, with Sims showing a desire to
take the offensive. He was scoring
repeatedly in this round on Bello,
when the latter worked inside the
black boys defense and shot a blow
to the head, followed by Il quick
short uppercut, which did the work
Sims went down and out, aud stay
ed that WY for several minutes. He
left the ring in Il dazc, helped by
his seconds, and did not realize that
il WAS MI over until long after the
last fight had begun. 1t was II
mighty effective k. 0. and showed
the fans why Bello has such a large
following in the coast city.
Battling Lugo, showing a world
( of cicvctucss, took the other 10
round event from Alex Tram5itas,
quite to the surprise of the audi
ence. The Mexican just lcft-handed
his opponent to death all through
the fight, and only by rushing
could Trambitas get in through the
long rapicr-like thrust of his op-
poncnt. For fighter with Tram
bitas' reputation, he did not show
, the fans a great deal, and with
Lugo 5 propensity TO take things
casy unless he is forced, the scrap
at times was mighty slow. The last
round was full Of action, with both
. boys trying for Il knockout. Tram
bitaS realized it was the only way
he could win and he tried hard to
land the necessary waliop, but Lugo
/ was not there when the blow land.
ed. In fact the latter scored a
tluky knockdown over Trambitas in
the last round OF fighting, and at
ter helping him to his feet, Lugo
shot over quick punch that got
him in bad with somo of the fans,
who evidently expected him to fail
on his opponents neck and kiss
him.
Kid Mex Is Victor
Kid Mex took the decision over
frankie kruzc of san Diego in the
six round scmi.final, which was not
a semi final but opened the show.
kruzc made a good showing in the
first two rounds, and, then slowed
| down considerably. Mex was the
same old aggressive fighter, willing
to mix il at all times. Kruzc nearly
closed the local scrappcr's eye in
the second round and for few see
onds Mex looked wobbly, but he
rallied and kept forcing things for
the remainder of the fight.
Battling Paul of Brawlcy, and
'.Jimmy Dolan of San Diego, substi-
tuting in place of Young Jordan and
Young Tina, fought Il four round
draw in the sccona position on the
card. This bout showed plenty of
action at all times, and both scrap
Pcrs mixed things up at every op-
portlmity.
While the card as Il whole did not
show up in the same class as the
opening number two weeks ago, no
body expected it would, for such u
card is seen very New times in a
lifetime. However, those who saw
last night IS performance easily got
Il run for their money.
Bill Tackctt, making his debut as
third man in the ring, handled the
first two bouts in good shape. The
big cop hcsitated to walk through
the scrappcrs to break up Il clinch,
evidently realizing that it would be
like tossing a steamrollcr between
them. For all his bulk Bill moved
around in good fashion and watch
ed the fighters at all times.
Cap Stevens, the good looking
Young man from Stevens Beach, of
ticiatcd for the last two bouts and
handled them in big league fashion.
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