Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
ACUIRRE TAKES
DECISION FROM
MICKEY O'NEAL
BY JIMMY GREENE

By JIMMY GREENE
Sammy Aguirre punched his way
to victory over Mickey O'Neil in
the main event at the Imperial VAL
ley Athletic club last night, in what
started out to be very close bat
tie, but which developed in a slow
exhibition, with Mickey doing none
too much fighting in the last two
rounds.
O'Neal showed plenty of skill on
defense, and on numerous occas-
ions demonstrated that he could
reach Aguirre, but he has no wallop
and Sammy took whatever he had
to offer without being greatly
bothered.
Cleverness on the part of O'Neal
had Sammy looking none too hot in
the first part of the round, the east
ern boy giving fine exhibition of
how to avoid damaging blows. He
blocked and ducked to perfection
but Sammy kept after him and
scored enough points in the last
two rounds to make the decision
very much one-sided.
If Teddy Palacios is able to smell
even garlic today he has a most re-
markable nose, for Russ Braford
jabbed it all over his face last night
Whether Teddy was trying to kid
the crowd, himself or Bradford, will
never be known, but he offered his
hand to Bill Tackett to be raised as
winner after the battle. Teddy
has as much right to the decision
as the mother in law of the King
of Siam. Tackett didn't grab the
hand Teddy substituted for Frank
lie Arregon.
This Bradford, working under a
handicap of height and reach,
made Teddy look bad. He was ter
ribly hard to hit, and he had a
left jab on the end of rush that
found Teddy's nose with consistent
regularity The only round where
Palacios had anything at all was
the fourth when he tried to open
up and fight Bradford off his feet,
and at that the round was fairly
even. Bradford made a big hit
with the crowd and would go good
here again.
! Two rough, tough, hard hitting
bulldogs batted six rounds to Il
draw when Johnny Ramirez and AL
Wolgast put on their show. AIS
speciality was showing how fellow
can take them on the chin and
live, while Johnny showed what a
pounding a fellow can take in the
mid-section and still be able 70 en-
JOY a meal.
All the work was at close quar-
ters, the boys setting themselves
head to head and shoulder to
shoulder while they flayed away at
each other. There was not much
defense but plenty of offense. It
looked to us as though Johnny haG
shade but a draw was a good de-
cision.
Rank Exhibition
If the new boxing commission
doesn't have Jimmy Alvaredo on
the carpet we miss our guess. JIM
my gave one of the rankeSt and
most glaring exhibitions OF foul
| fighting seen in the ring since Sail
or Fay Kosky performed here.
| It may not have been intention
al, for Jimmy has fought here be-
fore without doing that sort of
thing, but he was warned repeat
edly by Tackett. So rank was his
work that many fans who were
hoping to see Tiger Flowers flat
tened, were pulling for him for
standing up under mighty nasty
stuff Jimmy shot several low ones
in the first and second round.
Flowers, substituting for Young
David, took them without grabbing
In the third Alvaredo floored the
colored boy with blow that was
headed straight into the groin. The
fight was stopped but Flowers was
game enough to go on. AT the con-
clusion of the round Tackett went
to Alvaredo's corner and warned
him another low blow would send
him from the ring. 1t came, though
possibly Tackett did not see it, for
| he let a count of eight go over
Flowers before the latter staggered
to his feet. Trying desperately to
maintain his balance, Flowers flop
ped around the ring and another
viciously low blow put him on the
floor again. Tackett didn't even
wait to count but sent Alvaredo to
his corner and raised Flowers hand
For doing what he was supposed to
do. and what he could have done
much earlier in the fight, Bill re-
ceived a large chorus OF undeserved
raspberries. 1t is hard to figure
out what the fans want some times.
The exhibition was SO rotten that
a fan behind us, terribly prejudiced
against Flowers because OF his race
switched his sympathies and was
pulling for the black boy.
Johnny Martinez wave the fans
plenty of satisfaction by knocking
out Mariana Cebu in the thiro
round of the opener. Cebu, whose
sole asset is terrific right, sought
vainly to land it in the proper spot
meanwhile taking an artistic cuff
ing at the hands of the cool-head'
/ ed Johnny, who just, watched hi
CHARGE until the time came, weak.
ening the Filipino with terrific
hooks to the head and body anc
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