The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-25
|NBA RULES LOUIS
in CLASS ALONE
Boxing Officials Make Little
Change In Listing OF
Fight Champions


MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 24.-R-The
National Boxing association made
official today what many fight fans
had known for a long time-that
Joe Louis was in a class by him
self.
In its quarterly ratings Of cham
pions and outstanding contenders,
the MIA, through Fred. ]. Sad
dy, chairman of the championship
committee, declared that there
was no outstanding heavyweight
title contender because there is a
big margin between Joe Louis, the
heavyweight champion, and others
in his division"
There was little change in the
MIA. listing of champions since
the last quarterly ratings in Sep
TENDER. Several fighters, however,
earned places higher up in, the
ranks of logical contenders a n d
outstanding boxers.
The MIA. requires that a cham
pion defend his title at least once
every six months against a fighter
it considers an Outstanding box
er" and at least once a y e a r
against a boxer it considers a
logical contender"
Listed as Outstanding boxers"
in the heavyweight division we're
Max Baer of California, Red Bur-
man, the Maryland slugger, and
Arturo Godoy, of Chile.
Such fighters as Lou Nova and
Pat Comiskey had dropped to the
honorable mention" class in the
MIA. listing and Tony Galento,
the New Jersey tavernkeeper who
a year ago vas listed as the No. !
logical contender" was not rated.
Champions and No. l contenders
in other divisions as rated by the
MIA. were:
Light heavyweight, Billy Conn,
Pennsylvania, champion; Melio
Bettina, New York, No. 1 conten-
der; middleweight, Tony Zale, In
diana; and Ken Overlin, Illinois;
welterweight, Fritzie Zivic, Penn
sylvania, and Henry Armstrong,
California; lightweight, Sammy
Angott, Kentucky, and Lew Jen-
kins, Texas; featherweight, Pete
Scalzo, New York, and Chalky
Wright, California; bantamweight,
Lou Salica, New York, and Tommy
Forte, Pennsylvania; flyweight,
Little Dado, Philippines, and Jack
lie Patterson, England.
Other fighters rated according to
their ability in the following order,
the MIA. announced:
Light heavyweight logical con-
tenders - Anton Christofordis,
Greece; No. 2; Len Harvey, Eng
land; Gus Lesnevich, New Jersey;
Jimmy Webb, Missouri; Turkey
Thompson, California, and Tommy
Tucker, 3 California. Outstanding
boxers-were Freddie Mills Eng
land, Jock McAvoy, Englane.
Billy Soose, Pennsylvania, No. 2;
Steve Belloise, New York; AL Hos
tax, Washington. Outstanding box.
ers- George Abrams, Washington,
D. c.; Jimmy Bivins, Ohio; Steve
Mamamos, Washington, D. c.;
Tami Mauriello, New York; Archie
Moore, Missouri; Ernie Vigh, Mas
sachusetts.
Welterweight, logical contenders
-Izzy Jannazzo, New York, No. 2,
Charles Burley, Pennsylvania;
Mike Kaplan, Massachusetts,; jim
my Leto, New York. Outstanding
boxers - Louis Kid Cocoa, Con-
necticut; Holman Williams, Michi-
gan; Make Berger, Canada; En-
ME Roderick, England; Lou Am
bers, New York; Milt Aron, ILL
nois.
Lightweight, logical contenders-
Eric Boon, England, No. 2, out
standing boxers-Bob Montgom-
cry, Pennsylvania; Toby Vigil, Cal
ifornia; Dave Castilloux, Canada,
Baby Breese, Kansas; Jackie Will
son, California; Davey Day, ILL
nois; Baby Arizmendi, California.
Featherweight, logical contend
ers - Billy Speary, Pennsylvania,
No. q, Harry Jeffra, Maryland;
joey Marinelli, Ohio; Jimm Per-
rim, Louisiana. Outstanding boxers
Mel Tarleton, England; Simon
Chavez, Venezuela; Jackie Callura,
Canada; Larry Bolvin, Rhode Is
land.
Bantamweight, logical contend
ers-Tony Olivera, California, No.
2, Kui Kong Young, Hawaii; Rush
Dalma, Philippines. Outstanding
boxers-Kid Tanner, British Guia-
ma; K. o. Morgan, Michigan, jim
Brady, England.
Flyweight, logical contenders -
Pancho, No. 2, PHILIPPINES;
Enrico Urbanati, Italy; Manuel Or
itz, California; Jackie ZURICH, Cali
Outstanding boxers Tiny
Bostock, England; Paddy Ryan,
England; Jimmy Stewart. Eng
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