The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22

letti will be in shape for battl'
 Johnny Hogan, towering Irish heavyweight sensation of this city, | will attempt to take the measure of Young Sam Langford, New Haven dusky knockout specialist. | The first bout will start at S:SO.
 The meeting of Belletti and
 Eagle is a return argument. These
 two punchers met on a card staged here two weeks ago and the local high school student came through the winner. Be1letti, who acted as a last minute substitute for Joe Stele who failed to put in his ap- pearance for his bout with Eagle, l claims that he was not in the best of shabe for that battle and asked
 for a return contest.
 Earned Second Bout Although Belletti was beaten In that bout, he made such a fine
 showing against the Crosby high
 school athlete that Matchmaker Mulligan decided to give the In- surance City youth another shot. Belletti, as fans will recall, gave Eagle a great battle in spite of the | fact that he was floored on sev- eral occasions during the course of the setto. Belletti had Eagle in
 a bad way in the last session and
 many were of the opinion that if | the fight had gone another min
 ute, Eagle might have been fioored. Both fighters are reported in fine shape. Eagle has been
 working hard under the supervi- sion of Chick Lawson, who stated
 last night that his protege will pin a knockout defeat over Belletti lto-night. While on the other hand
 the Hartford Italian, who ran up eight straight wins via the knock out route until he met with Q set-
 back two weeks ago, sent word to Promoter Mulligan that he Is in tip-top shape and predict a vic. tory.
 Looks Good
 The bout between Johnny Ho- gan of this city and Young Sam
 Langford, New Haven negro knock out artist, is also expected to be @ slam bang affair. Hogan, ap- l bearing in a local ring last week,
 knocked out boxer from Bridge port in an impressive fashion. He made a hit with the fans and they
 will back him up to take the meas | ure of the Elm City slugger. Ho-
 gan, however, is meeting rugged l opposition and is apt to find him.
 self in plenty of trouble when he
 starts trading wallops with the New
 Havener. Langford's record which Is do ted with knockout wins over some of the best heavyweights in Connecticut, holds one-round kayo victory over Willie Ward,
 Hartford, holder of the 1892 tour nament championship. When one
 takes it for granted that Eddie Hogan,. the present champion, failed to knockout Ward on two occasions although he won the title
 from him, 1t looks as though John-
 ny is in for battle.
 Pleasing
 Most of the favorite boxers about the state will be on deck for places on the card. Such fighters as Joie Rosia, New Britain bantam
 weight; Frankie Angelo, New Ha.
 ven bantamweight champion; Spiro Morris, Bridgeport, classy boxer; Al Futter. New Britain welter- weight; Peter Alberts. Oakville, middleweight: Eddie Yankee, New
 Britain, flyweight contender, and
 Frankie Sullivan. Hartford. feath- erweight sensation, Joe Roberts of Brooklyn, are on the card, fans will witness some of the outstand- ing fighters of the state in action. Six boxers from Rockville make their initial appearance here. Jim-
 my Britt, the flyweight champion, heads the group. Attempts will be
 made by the matchmaker to pair Britt with Eddie Yankee of New Britain, who has established him.
 self as a contender for the title
 following a number of wins at the Phoenix avenue drill.shed. Al
 Satryb. clever 140 pounder; Young Leonardo, 148: Ed Barry, 135; and
 Bert Troy, 145 pounder, are also | listed.
 The teams scheduled for the
 show are coming from New Haven.