The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-04
M'LARNIN EDGE NWEIGHT ONLY
 'CANZY' WORRY
Irishman's 8 to 10 Pounds May Help Him Beat
 Lightweight Champs

New York, May 4.-On Friday { night in Madison Square Garden, Tony Canzoneri, lightweight cham- pion of the world and Jimmy Me- Larnin, former welterweight cham pion, are going to meet for ten rounds in what ought to be the { greatest fight ever staged between little men. McLarnin, generally con- { ceded to be the hardest hitter for his weight and inches that ever fired 8 boxing glove, has been made a slight favorite to defeat the brilliant Italian, but the latter has plenty of j supporters who arc stringing along with Tony to beat the hard listed Irish battler.
 The two fighters are evenly matched in every direction, except for the fact that McLarnin will have a ten pound pull in the weights. Jimmy says he will not weight more than 143 pounds when he steps in there with the champion, while the latetr is not expected to scale any more than l34.
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 That is the big rub in the match and 1t is calling for plenty of specu- lation among the fight fans. Can Tony Canzoneri, one of the best lightweight champions in the history of the ring, spot that hard-club- bing Irishman ten pounds and get away with 1t? Tony and his sup porters say 1t will be cinch, but opinions are very much divided on that score. Canzoneri, during the last couple of years has shown that he is quite as hard a hitter as Me- Larnin. Tony has been spreading his opponents out on the canvas with undue regularity. He has disposed ot some of them with greater speed and accuracy than Jimmy ever showed.
 All Set
 ! The Sl1outers for Canzoneri insist that Tony has everything that Mc- Larnin possesses and they also be- 1ieve that McLarnin showed that his great punching power and was not very much in evidence during his last three fights with Barney Ross. They honestly believe that the Irish- maA is through and they are betting every quarter they can raise that they are right in the matter and that Canzy will blast the Celt out Of 1 the building before many rounds are travelled. Notwithstanding all ehe arguments submitted by the Can Eonsri forces, McLarlin says he will stop Tony in a few rounds. Shamus thinks Tony has over-matched him. tBelf and that he is really sorry for him. Also, McLarnin says he never wanted to fight the lightweight champion because he is very fond oi the little Italian, whom he regards as Q swell fellow and a wonderful tighter. But he is sure he is too big Eor Canzoneri.
 McLarnin never loses when he has the best of the weights. Any time they spot the Colt an ad- vantage in poundage, he invariably beats his opponent. At least, that is Dne of the arguments advanced by hhc boosters for the great welter- weight.
 Since starting his training here McLarnin has shown all his old time stuff. He Is cufiing his spar ring partners around the ring in lively fashion and he apparently has his old punch working in great shape. Of course, training stunts rarely afford much of line on a stighter, but on tho surface, the 1r- tshman is ready to meet Tony on R'riday. Also, he is confident that he will win with knockout.
 On the other hand, Canzoneri never looked better in training camp and says he never felt better nor 90 confident of beating his man. That being the case, the fight between these great little fellows ought to be the best Of all time.
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