Evening star., 1931-12-13
KING PACkSPUNCH
THOUGH AWKWARD
Willing Boxer Is Expected to
Harass Clever Tommy in
New York Go.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

n JEW YORK, December H.
VI Tommy Loughran is booked
4 Y to do his fancy stuff against
King Levinsky in a 12-
round contest at Madison Square
Garden next Friday evening. The
Philadelphian outpointed Levin
sky in 10-rounder in Chicago
not so long ago, and as there was
some criticism of the verdict it
was decided to add two rounds
in order to give the boys chance
to make the decision more pro-
nouneed.
Loughran's willingness to fight Le-
whisky means that ne is convinced he
can trim the Windy City battler with
out exerting himself fully. A studious
ring general, with a camera-like mind.
the former light t-heayyweight champion
usually remembers errors of judgment
ana when given another try he seldom
makes the same mistake.
LeVlnsky has but one style of battle
ana that Is to tear into his opponent
ana throw punches from every angle.
That is what makes him dangerous A
smart fighter never knows where the
punches are coming from and it be-
moves Mr.. Loughran to keep on tip
toe and watch every unorthodox move
the Cmcagoan makes.
Tommy Knows Kings Punch.
Tommy knows the King can punch
He was shaken from stem to stern in
their last fight and Levinsky did the
same thing to Primo Camera. Levin
SKY went the route, 10 rounds, with
Primo and buckled his knees several
times. When the award was given to
CarneTa, he was Justify booed and Le-
whisky was cheered to the echo.
Seen in New York this week, Levin
sky asserted he had Loughran down for
nine count in their Chicago fight
and expressed himself as confident of
winning next weeks tilt.
IhlS writer remembers Levinsky when
ne was just a hanger-on at the Chicago
gymnasium. His real name IS Krakow,
Ills IDOL was the former hght-heavy-
weight champion, Battling Levinsky.
His style was so unlike that of the
great Leyinsky, who was smart, sharp
and a master boxer, that Krakow with
his round-house swings and awkward
ness IN general, caused wit to dub
him Levinsky
At first he was called the Kingfsh,
but this was changed to King Levinsky.
Those who laughed at him are now
his ardent rooters. The gawl.y kid has
made his mark in the heavyweight
ranks.
Sister Pilots Levinsky.
Levinsky is one of the few fighters
being managed by one of the gentler
sex: The young man was being ex-
plotted and mismanaged, so his sister
heard. Mrs: Levy at once took over
his contract and has handled him ever
since with marked degree of success.
The king can be beatenl His record
proves that. His outstanding trait is
that he will not stay beaten. He
promptly signs to meet the victors and
to date he has reversed the decisions.
This probably accounts for the fact
that he agreed to fight Loughran for
far less money than he would have re-
ceived for fighting less capable men in
his home town.
Levinsky is popular in every city that
knows him. There is nothing fancy
about him. He piles in with both
hands sw1shing through the air and
like as not he will miss nine out of
ten times. But when he lands he makes
his punches count.
Against clever men his awkwardness
Is more pronounced. But clever men
are not as rule hard punchers, and
the king simply brushes away their jabs,
keeps on missing and then gets ons
over
Loughran has a habit of watching
the clock and timing his retreat to his
own corner by 80 seconds. This ma
neuver finds him in his corner when the
bell rings and his opponent must walk
all the way across the ring.
This made hit with the crowd until
Pauline Uzcuden pinned Tommy against
the ropes and refused to let him break
away. The crowd got wise to this and
rooted Tor the Basque to make Lough-
ran fight 1t out for the half minute.
They began to realize they were being
cheated out of 80 seconds of fighting.
Levinsky has smart handlers. They
know about this trick and if the king
can remember what he has been told,
Loughran will have hard time gaining
that brief respite in each round.