Evening star., 1927-05-29

~ | Pete L9tZO cIlmDS lItO lHS
VI ring to defend his world welt
4 erweight title against Joe
Dundee, he will have to slrow
a whole lot of Improvement over the
exhibition he gave against Jack Rap
paport not so long ago. This, / am
sure, he will do.
LatZo is real champion. He didn't
improve his prestige a great deal by
that fight with Rappaport, because,
although he did win by a knockout,
when he got ready, in the third round.
he so apparently OutclaSsed his man
that the spectators thought he should
have turned the trick sooner.
THE reason ] didn't finish my man
sooner" he explained to me, was be-
cause l took that bout on as a work
out, a tune-bp, and l wanted to get
the benefit of it. 1t wouldn't have
done any goocf~to go in there and slap
over Rappaport, and besides, l wantaC
to give the'fans run for their money.
l don't say l Intentionally tried to
carry my man, just took no chances.
This fellow Rappaport is good boxer,
but ] knew he couldn't hurt me with
his punches, so / thought I'd give
him a chance to see what he could do.
Don't worry. Benny, when 1 step out
again Mr. Dundee, I'll be ready to
show the folks what they want to see
"a real fighting champion"
Pete Training Properly.
will say that Pete is training prop.
erly. He's working in a nice place
over in Pompton Lakes, n. j.. and he
is rounding into fighting condition.
get the impression that he expects
to score a knockout, because i'm his
sparring bouts he keeps -priming his
partners for "one-two'-that is, Il
left and right to the jaw. the punches
coming in rapid succession. This is
Latzo's best attack, and. believe me,
it is quite efficacious. In fact, the
way LatZo delivers them they'll spell
defeat for Mr.. Dundee unless he is
back in the old form he showed when
he stopped Mickey Walker.
o. line through the Walker fight,
this coming contest should be q pretty
tight one. Latzo met a better Mickey
Walker than Dundee did, but then,
Dundee did better job than Latzo
did. mean that Dundee's victory was
more decisive than Pete's.
What would have happened had
LatZo caught Walker in the same con-
dition, or rather lack of it, that Dun.
dee did is only guess. thing prob
ably Latzo would have stopped
Mickey also.
This Italian boy, Dundee. is a
pretty sweet hitter, but then Latzo
also is hitter. l think that Latzo
can stand more jaw punishment than
Dundee. In fact. the champion him.
self believes that Dundee has very
weak chin.
Joe Proves X. o. WAS Fluke.
Dundee was knocked out i'm one
round by Eddie Roberts. In a return
match Joe proved that this was IL
"huke." Nevertheless Roberts did drop
him again in this second contest with
a punch to the chin, and only Dun
dee's superior ring generalship coup
led with Roberts greenness and over
anxiety saved Joseph from another de-
feat
Latzo is very heady champion.
He is cool under fire, no matter how
fast things are coming his way. He
knows more tricks than Dundee. In
if he gets in a tight place there is
more chance, of him getting out of it
than there is of Dundee getting away
from Pete if the champion gets him
going.
Latzo is experiencing more difficulty
in getting down to weight than Dun
dee. The challenger is a naural well
terweight, but Latzo is inclined to be
heavier than 147 pounds.
Personally I do not believe Latzo
viii be at his very best by June g.
That accident to his arm when he
fell through a window in his home
while trying to fix a curtain certain.
ly didn't do him any good. However.
Pete is a very clean living chap, he
takes his work seriously and / know
he is bending every effort to get him.
self into the best condition possible
for this fight. From what / saw of
him / am convinced that Latzo is
not undertaking Dundee, although
there is tendency on the part of his
followers to hold Dundee bit cheaply.
Both Extremely Confident.
Both boys are extremely confident.
LatzO is determined to retain his
title and Dundee is equally determined
to take it away from him. Joe realizes
what a great thing it is to be world
champion. He will go into this fight
with everything to gain and nothing
to lose but the decision. With Latzo
it will be like it is with every other
champion. If he loses the decision he
loses everything.
The welterweight championship
has not been such a wonderful paying
proposition of late. Mickey Walker
did not make much out of it as ring
earnings go nowadays.
Latzo has not gotten many really
big purses up to date. Pete realizes
this and he told me that he intends to
fight as often as possible from now
on.
There's no use in killing of NV