Evening star., 1937-02-16
COAST YOUNGSTER
HASSTEAMY RIGHT
Kayo Of Levinsky Shows He
Packs Dynamite-Pilot
Eases Him Along.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

BY FRANCIS j. POWERS.
v OS ANGELES, Calf, February
l6.-The young guy in the ring
bore a startling facial reSem-
~ blance to Gene Tunney in the
days when James JoSeph's hair shot
straight up in porcupine pompadour
and he was known as the Fighting
Marine" or something OF the sort.
The young guy was BoL Nestell,
native Of Los Angeles, doing business
for the evening with Kingfish Levinsky.
and such ring worms as Gus Wilson,
Tom Gallery and Bob Perry tell you
the 2l-year-old youngster is going TO
be one OF the best heavyweights of his
time. With nine knockouts in II pro-
fessional fights, Nestell is by way Of
making MeSsrs. Wilson. Gallery and
Perry very swell prophets.
NeStell Learns Quickly.
NESTELL was discovered by couple
of Hollywood screen writer's when
he won through an amateur heavy
weight tournament here last year.
The screen writer's were smart hombres
and after getting the kids contract put
him under the management of Gus
Wilson, whose resort near New York
used to be favorite training spot for
many champions. Wilson found an
alert pupil in Nestell and last week
he was good enough to knock out
Kingfish Levinsky, who never was
exactly a pop-over.
Nestell is far from being a topnotch
fighter at the moment. but nine knock.
outs in IL starts proves he has con.
siderable in the way of punch, and
not even Joe Louis was much better
when he started his professional ca
reer. The main thing you like about
Nestell is his ability to take punches.
Levinsky laced him on the chin with
several hard blows, but the boy sell
dom lost his grin and never once did
he pause trying for the knockout he
earned in the tenth round.
Faults Easy 10 Overcome.
THE kid has dynamite in his right
hand, and Gus Wilson claims he
has hard and snaky left, although
Tor the greater part Of the Levinsky
fight the boy failed to use that paw.
When he did remember to swing from
the port side. he made the Old King
fish hunt timber in a hurry. Nestell
also has the fault Of dropping his
hand after punch and carries both
hands much too low, but those are
faults Of youth and inexperience and
will be overcome. The boy is very fast
afoot and shifts we'll for a novice.
Critics may find much wrong with
his present form, but nothing with
his courage.
He reminds me Of Georges Car.
pentier," commented Gus Wilson.
And for his weight Carpenter could
hit harder than any man I ever saw"
Nestell still is considerably on the
light side of 200 pounds, but Wilson
believes when Bob has developed fully
and filled out the corners of his chassis
he will be about the size of Jim JEFF.
fries and one of the hardest hitters
the game has known.
Appears to Be Natural
WILSON is not pushing his young
pupil, and New York won't see
the boy for perhaps two years. In
his professional bouts Nestell has met
no one Of any repute save Kingfish
Levinsky. Among his victims were
such fellows as Frank Hammer. Butch
Rogers, Dizzy Dugan, Nash Garrison
and Pepe Del Rio, and none of those
boys are in the blue book. Wilson is
willing for his man TO play with Bob
Pastor or Al Ettore, provided either Of
those lads wants to come out to the
wide-open spaces Of the Golden (but
cold) West.
The boys hereabouts may be over
rating Nesten somewhat, but I doubt
that. He strikes you as being the
same sort Of natural as Joe Louis,
with the size. speed and courage neces-
sary to become a really great fighter.
He's a knocker-outer by nature and
will be a certain crowd pleaser, pro-
vided he has the stuff to become q
topnotcher. Nestell may be the white
hope for whom the boxing world u
seeking.