New Britain herald., 1926-04-21
(BY JOE WILLIAMS)

New York, April 2l.--Before the summer season is ended Jack Demp- scy, heavyweight champion, and Gene Tunc%, foremost white chal- lenger, will step into the rins and start firing loaded punches at each other.
 Who'll win?
 I'll let Eddie Kane answer that one for you. Kane managed Tommy Gibbons until the St. Paul heavy weight retired some months ago. Kane is closer to Gibbons than a re~ calcitrant bunion and when he speaks On matters touching on, and appcrtaininG to, the nose busting racket he is rejecting Gibbons mind.
 If any one in the world Is quail fled through actual experience to tell whether Dempsey is better than Tunney or wise versa, that one man is Gibbons.
 Three years ago, out in the little COW town Of Shelby, Mont, Gibbons fought 15 rounds with Dempsey and was on his feet, in pretty good shape, when, the contest ended,
 Last summer, at one of the ball parks here, Gibbons went on against Tunney and was knocked out for the first time in his long career; not only knocked out but outclassed The bout was actually one sided,
 Consider the facts: Dempsey couldn't stop Gibbons. Whats more he couldn't even score Il !inockdown. (And don't let any body tell you he wasn't trying cither) On the other nand Tunncy stretched the IrishmHn and did 50 with comparative easo. You'd think, then, that Gibbons pick would bo Tunncy. But it isn't. Kane says Gibbons is string i ing along with Dempsey and uoJ because of any prejudicial feelings. , If anything Gibbons has q somewhat | higher personal regard for Tunnoy than for the champion.
 Gibbons simply has an honest conviction that Dempsey io a greater fighter than Tunney," says Kane, | and he believes that it the two ever fight, which appears likely now, Dempsey will win. Gibbons con- cadcs Tunney's fine points as c ring man bu. prefers to believe Dempsey has liner ones"
 Whether the bout goes the limit or ends by a knockout, Gibbons i predicts Dempsey will be the win ner. This is q rather unusual slant on the situation, for most critics agree tho longer the bout lasts the brighter Tunney's chances of winning This on the presump- i lion Tunncy is the better boxer. Kane says Dempsey is @ much harder punchcr than Tunney, de- spite the fact that Tunney stopped Gibbons and Dempsey didn't. Any boty could have knocked Gibbons out that night admits Kane. He was dead on his feet an hour before 1 he entered the ring"
 1 Being q more dynamic puncher. Dempsey will rule logical fa, orite 10 land the knockout if one is landed.
 Kane says Gibbons questions the 1 widespread belief Tunnoy is a better boxer than the champion. "Gih- bons found Dempsey a better than average boxer in their Montana fight. Gibbons went into that fight called ;he clevcrest heavyweight since Jim Corbett's time. lew ex- pccted him to last the limit. II he did i. seemed reasonable enough to expect him to win on points. You know what happened. II was close fight for 10 rounds. Even Dcmpsey's own hand-picked referee admitted he would have had 10 give the decision 10 Gibbons on points if the fight he'd bern limited 10 10 sessions.
 Unfortunately for Us it went Is, and during the last five rounds 1 Dempsey outboxed Gihbons-yeS ou'buXed him is the word-and went on to win The decision"
 There you have. mates. the low. down on Tunney and Dempsey by the one man who has battled them both.
 And ths low flown. as he sees it is this. Dempsey to Vin by a kncckout if there is enc. or on points if the bout goes the limit . -=------- |