The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
Fans Booed Decision Given
To Maddox Over NJ. Perez
BY OSCAR L. MILAN

Oklahoma two-fisted fighter, won
a judges decision over Mario
Perez, 148 pounds, local fighter,
in l0-round boxing match pack
ed with action at the Strand
arena last night. The verdict
proved unpopular-the hundreds
Of fans loudly booing and kissing
as referee Fernandez. raised jim
my's hand in token of victory,
followed by George Brooks an
nouncement of the three judges
decision.
Two judges voted for the In
dian fighter while the third saw
it a draw. This writer's score
sheet showed Perez won four
rounds, lost one and five were
even.
In the third round Perez open
ed the bell with a light left to the
head and a hard right hook to the
body that sent the Oklahoma box
er to the ropes. Maddox shook
off the effects of the stunning
blows and tore after Mario and
both fighters mixed it up hard
and fast in a neutral corner with
the local boy getting the best of
the mitigating. This round went
TO Perez, seven points to three;
the fourth was even, as was the
first and second. In the fifth,
however, Jimmy answered the
bell by tearing out after Mario
like a wild man but was stopped
with short left to the face and
a side swing to the body. Perez
let the Indian have a one-two on
the break and was warned by
the referee for illegal tactics.
This round was credited to Mad
dox.
The fighters threw aside all
boxing regulations after the fifth
stanza and they were clouting
each other with everything but
the ring posts. Maddox used a
low blow and was consistently
warned by the referee to keep
his punches up. They mixed it
up for another few seconds in the
center of the ring and Jimmy
held his own. The eighth, ninth
and tenth rounds were full of &C.
ton with the fighters on even
terms.
Maddox is a swift scrapper but
to at least 900 of the estimated
1000 fans who saw the contest,
the Oklahoma kid was outsmart-
ed in every shape and form. All
the counting blows were dealt by
the local boy.
In the semi-windup, Buddy
Speidel, of the U. S. Navy, won
a six-round decision over Al
Beauhold, of st. Louis. Speidel,
a middleweight, used perfect left
hand jabs with a cross right
hand blow to knock his opponent
coo-coo in several instances.
Beauhold's best round was in the
fifth when two sharp hard rights
landed on the chin of the sailor
boy that had him webbing for
a time. Speidel, weathering the
storm, managed to come back
strong to even up things with the
visiting boxer.
A special siX-rounder matched
late in the afternoon, afforded
the fans a little entertainment.
RED Roberts, 116, of Miami,
clowned 4 bit to lose by decision
TO Tommy Porly, 118, Birming-
ham.
Kid John, lis, won a four
round decision over the Tampa
Tiger, 118, in a bout with little
action.
In the second preliminary of
the evening, Kid Tarzan, ITO,
scored a knockout victory over
Eddie Alfonso, 1872. A hard right
TO the chin sent Alfonso to the
mat for the count.
In the curtain-raiser, Battling
Czech scored a k.o. over Tiger
Woods in the second round. The
pair were a couple of colored
welterweights.
A spectacular crowd jammed
Strand Arena and every seat in
the house was sold out long be-
fore the first preliminary got un-
derway.
Officials were: Freddie Car
bonell, timekeeper; Geor
Brooks. announcer, and Young
Fernandez. referee.