Evening star., 1932-10-17

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" M Stanley Poreda threatens
1 Y to steal the play and the
r. spotlight in the heavy
: weight drama by keeping busy
a. while the big fellows sit back on
.. their laurels until the 1888 open
g.. air season gets under way. Fresh
-, from victories over Ernie Schaaf
and Primo Carnera, the Jersey
. City Pole has broadened out and
intends to make himself heard in
no uncertain terms.
Poreda meets Tommy Loughran in 6
10-round bout this evening in Philadel-
phia. and should he score over the
former light-heavyweight leader, Steve
Hamas. Lee Ramage and Max Baer had
better watch out
Tacking Loughran in his home town
calls for bit of nerve on the part
" OF the Jersey man. Hamas f1attened
q Loughran in this city and then moved
9 over to the Quaker City. He got the
- decision in the first fight, but in a re-
' turn engagement was voted the loser S
end In the latter fight Tommy made
himself somewhat of an annoyance to
= the boxing inspector, with the result
that he was suspended indefinitely. 1t
seems that Loughran objected to the
r referee-the same gentleman. by the
way. who officiated in the first Tunney-
IL Dempsey encounter-and he would not
- enter the ring until that official had
been replaced He got his own way, as
! the bosses did not want too disappoint
: the big crowd, but he was penalized
and has not fought since.
= Poreda is a White-collar worker who
. does not have to worry about where his
Is next meal is coming from for the next
: year or SO. Packing on some weight
Stanley decided to take up gym work
= and came under the direction of old
Joe Jeannette. Joe will be remembered
for his mastery boxing against Jack
johnson, Sam McVey, Sam Langford
and Harry Wills He blossomed at a
time when the heavyweight class was
overstocked with great colored fighters,
but Joe was good enough to hold his
own against the best.
Jeanette took an instant liking to
the willing youngster and put Oil the
gloves with him many times. An apt
pupil Poreda was soon putting in some
solid lickS on his teacher, and he took
a notion to enter the professional ring.
He banged out a convincing string OF
victories, and Sparring in training with
Max Schmeling, he left-handed the for
mer champion all over the ring. Then
came the turning point, knockout at
the hands of that wild-swinglng Italian.
Salvatore Rugerillo, and it was thought
that Poreda lacked enc requisite OF
good fighter, tough jaw. Since then
Stanley has taken some hefty wallops
on the supposedly glass jaw and shaken
them off.
Loughran does not figure to test the
weakness of the jaw. Tommy does not
hit hard The bout should prove
whether or not Gene Tunney was cor
rect in his assertion that Loughran
does net know how to, jab. Gene claims
Tommy paws cut and pushes. A ]aD Is
a snappy. lancing blow with plenty OF
speed behind it. Tunney used 1t Ell
fect.7ely and despite the claims of those
who say that Loughran possesses
snappy left jab. the retired champion
persists in his statement that Tommy
got by with poor substitute Tor that
blow.
1t Just so happens that Poreda en-
ploys the left jab in the orthodox man
ner 1t is his pet blow and old-tlmers
claim it is as good as any they nave
ever seen. If such is the case, the
Poreda-Loughran scrap will be a duel
of lefts. with the advantage resting
with the more youthful Poreda. II
Mr., Loughran is not thoroughly rest
ed and does not get the best Of home
town ruling, he may wind up with
the second knockout chalked up
against him. Stanley Poreda is that
good.