Evening star., 1933-08-28
.G0DW|N,KN|GHTDUE.
TO SET GATE MARK.
Skill VS.. Punch on View as
Bitter Rivals Mix at Twin
~4Y City Arena.
BY FRANCIS E: STAN.

10 equally does Bob Godwin's
superior boxing skill appear
~ to balance Joe Knights
crushing left-hand wallop
that odds on either battler were
rare today as the bitter Georgia
light-heavyWeight rivals prepared
to enter the ring at Twin City for
their 10round engagement.
Goodwin by decision or Knight by
Knockout were the results predicted
for tonight by an almost equally di-
Vided expectant Washington ring colony.
All previous attendance records for
the Maryland punch bowl are almost
certain to be shattered if fair weather
prevails. BY far the classiest scrap in
the three-year history Of the Laurel
arena, it carries considerable national
import, inasmuch as knight is rated
second among the worlds light-heavy-
weights and Goodwin is only notch be-
hind. Both are former N. B. A. cham
pionS.
TINE rival Georgians, seeking bout
with Champion Make Rosen-
bloom, polished off training yes
terday with light workouts and pro-
nounced themselves fit. OF the two,
Goodwin perhaps is in slightly better
shape Bob has been training without
interruption at his Herald Harbor camp
for the last two months.
knight has been handicapped
by a cut eye and though able to
keep his muscles loOsened with
bag and foot work, has been
forced to fOrego sparTing for over
q week.
Although Knight, during the last few
months, has improved so per cent as a
boxer and has at last discovered why
his handlers insisted on putting a glove
on his right hand. the Cairo southpaW
Is rated no match for Goodwin in a
straight boxing duel. Bob is rated one
of the best boxing light-heavies in the
world.
Goodwin is conceded not much chance
to score a knockout for two reasons,
albeit he is a stiff puncher in his own
right In the first place knight never
has been kayoed: in the second, not
being a ne-punch artist, Goodwin would
be forced to set himself and begin a
bombardment if he means to fatten
knight.
By attempting this GodUiu
necessarily wiH cease TO become
moving target. Such action
1pould be right dotcn knights
alley.
KNIGHTS chief hope, of course. is
n putting that left hand over once
during the 10 rounds. Only IN
rare instances need Joe deliver more |
than one solid sock with his forkhand !
He does not figure that Goodwin. once |
will
knight has fought here four
times, winning twice by knock
outs and twice on decisions, al
though in each of the four fights
his opponent has hit the canvas.
Bob Tow and George Courtney were
easy, the former going out in the fourth
round and the latter lasting only five.
Cowboy Owen Phelps made a faSco out
of his 10-rounder with Knight. run
ming constantly. Joe caught him once
on the chin for a nine-cOunt. but the
cowboy got up and resumed his foot I
racing, managing, to finish on his feet. /
Joes most recent fight resulted in a |
l0-round decision over Joe Banovlc, |
who went down and came up twice. /
1t will be the sixth meeting betweelr
the Adele and Cairo. Ga. products. who /
aim to step into Willie Stribling's shoes |
as the South's boxing idol.
As they enter the ring tonight
Goduin is one up on Knight,
hartng Uon three decisions.
knight kayoed Bob once and took
another fight on q decision.
Billy Strickler and Roy Bailey. chief /
sparring partners for Goodwin and /
Knight. respectively. will clash in the
six-round semi-windup. Oth>r bouts
offer Henry Irving and Big Boy Smith,
six rounds; Doug Swetnam and Harry
Groves, four rounds and Pete BevenS
and Carl Phillips. four rounds.
First bout at $50 o'clock.