Evening star., 1926-08-12

unneE future Is before him
Wills is behind him. He is track
sore old man. this Brown Panther
Of New Orleans. as they call hfm
tired from years Of pugilstic service
He has known defeat and disappoint-
ment and all the vicisstudes of the
game.
Tunney sees ahead of him only
blazing hope He has the spirit
what the sports writer's call the
will to win, and while think
will smother his flame in a short
time. | see IN him very dangerous
man.
But aside from this. Tunney's style
will make him more difficult for me
than Wills know that because I've
seen both Tunney and Wills in ac-
tion number OF times.
Wills likes to grab an opponent
and pull him close to his own brown
body. He snags man with his long
Lett and dragS him in so he can ham
mer him with his right hand He al
ways fights that way. and he is too
Now. any man who lets me &c
nc. think. Most of them try to
very best punches is left hook to
seen me in action must testify.
J think | can damage any man
living with that punch if he lets me
get good shot at his sides or stom-
ach. and | positively couldn't miss
Wills with him pulling me in.
He doesn't take punch any too
well, especially on the chin. as the
record of his fights will show, but,
even allowing that he kept his chin
out of harms way, | think | would
bend the Brown Panther over with
body punches in a jiffy.
Tunney Great Boxer.
ON the other hand. Tunney is a
great long range boxer. He is what
YOU call a counterer. That is. he
waits on the other fellows leads to
counter-punch against them. Tunney
rarely takes the aggressive, and
can't help doing it. That happens TO
be my style, and I can't change 1t
any more than Wills can change his.
A Counter-fghter wants nothing
better than an opponent who comes
TO him, and I'll guarantee I'll be
going to Tunney all the time. I
think I'll he going to him so fast
and hard that his countering will
avail him nothing. but, even so. he
possibly hope for.
Tunney is good defensive boxer.
! know few men who can better pro-
tect themselves. He blocks we'll AMI
moves around rapidly. He is mighty
hard fellow to catch. He has both
ering left jab and good hard right
cross. From a scientific standpoint
he Is much superior to Wills. whose
idea of boxing is mainly stamping his
feet furiously and making faces as he
lunceS around
Better Than Wills.
! think Tunney would whip Wills
hy Just outhoXing him. He is too
fast and too shrewd for Harry. and
] think he punches Just as hard.
was sorry Wills wouldn't accept Tun-
ney's challenge few months ago
although the fight would have de-
prived me Of one opponent AS 1t is
now. | figure | have two-Wills after
Tunney
Tunney takes a punch we'll. I
doubt that he has ever been off his
feet more than a couple of times
in his ring career. and he has fought
some mighty good men. But even
II he had fought only mediocre
fighters. his record would stand out.
He has been defeated in decision
battle since he left the marines only
once. If memory serves. and then by
Harry Greb. one of the greatest of
the modern day boxers. Tunney is
what YOU call winning fighter. and
that kind accustomed to always fin
ishinc in front is doubly dangerous.
think | will have the distinction
Of being the first man to knock out
Tunney. Wills has been dumped sew
eral times in his career. and when
he was far better man than he is
now. The fighter that has never
been knocked over and therefore has
NOT the slightest conception Of fear
of that eventualitY is bound tn he
lnld. confident fellow
Has Right Mental Attitude.
Another thing. Tunney has built
himself mp mentally He convinced
himself that he can beat me or any
other man in the world. | think he
proved ihat when he offered To hght
Wills | doubt that Wills ever con-
NinCed himself that he could beat me
and was a little dubious about his
ability 10 beat several other chaps.
| think he proved that when he re-
fused TO meet Tunney.
That refusal was big help 70
Tunney in the matter of building
up his self-contidence. He probably
>lid To himself. Well. if Wills is
afraid of me- must he pretty good,
| doubt that this was his mental
attitude a couple Of years ago. The
thought Of match for the heavy
weight title was probably far from
his mind.
Then he commenced TO take on
weight moving out of the light
heavyweight class, and commenced TO
bowl over heavyweights. and pres
entity he was gaining in confidence.
] believe he speaks truthfullN when he
SAYS ne thinks he can beat me. |
think | know his mental processes
exactly. | went through the same
thing &hen was coming on and UP.
remember how | kept gaining in
confidence with each victory until |
WAS positive could whip Willard
Regards Him Seriously.
have great respect for Tunney AS
an opponent-perhaps more respect
than I've ever had for an opponent.
l never hold any opponent lightly. hut
some of them strike me as easier
than others.
| got careless once or twiCe-first
In my fight with Bill Brennan after
| W.IT. Mo1o~ r.