The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-25
JOHNSTON LISTS
Extra jimmy Really Talks
GREATEST HEAVIES
BY FRED BROWNING
AP Feature Service Sports Write,

NEW YORK. July 25.-4Ya
probably think I don't wanna
talk about anybody bat my boys.
simon and Pastor. I'll fool var
Jimmy Johnston, the boxing
manager, as usual was out half
mile ahead of the nearest con-
versationalist. He likes to get the
Jump on a guy--like that sign on
his door "Thirtieth Century.
Inc." Mike Jacobs door saws
Twentieth Century Club" Jim
my's 10 &c .ftufies ahead.
Nobody had mentioned a peg
sible subject for discussion but
Jimmy was already rounding the
first turn.
Lets talk about former heavy
weight champions.
Someone in the group loung-
ing about his office tried to saw
"okay" and was choked off at
"oSs
Yeah. I've seen EN- all
since Sullivan. Corbefi. Fitz-
simmons. Jeffries. Johnson-on
down the line. But you
couldn't find enc in fhe bunch
could take a punch better than
that big Abe Simon of mine
flats gonna fight Buddy Baer
August a in Madison Square
Garden. We was gonna have
the fight outdoors but rainy
season and all it'n probably
be better to have ii inside. !"
Jimmy gasped for air and took
a quick glance around the room
to catch the reaction to his sub
tie plug.
THE greatest? Well, I'd say
Jack johnson, Gene Tunney, and
doe Louis. johnson and Tunney
were really pretty much alike.
Exceedingly clever in the ring,
courageous, and fair punchers.
What louis lacks in ring craft,
paired with those two, he makes
up in his punch. Gotta group
those three at the top.
Il pui Dempsey a notch low
er. He was great fighter saw
age and kilier--bnt he
couldn.t match the other three
In aA-around ring effective
ness.
Next, Corbett. He was a fan
cy dan who knew his business,
better and faster than Conn and
he could take punch. Jim jeff
ries I'd put right behind Corbett.
He was the John L. Sullivan
type; a big touch bullish kind
of guy. / saw Jim lick Corbett.
Fought him for % rounds with
out ever hitting him. Twenty
third round started the same way,
Jeffries starting out with those
left hooks -about 20 a round he'd
throw-and bang, one to the bell
" connected, he followed It with
one to the chin and the fight was
over
THAI Jeffries. now. My boy
Abe Simon six foot-five weighs
ESQ gonna fight Buddy Baer
Aug. I'll in fhe Garden IS q LOT
like Jeffries. Pasafor. I'd say.
is more like TunneY. Baer? Oh.
he's the willard type.
Now after Jeffries I'd list
Fitzsimmons, freak of mid
dleweight-only weighed 1850
pounds-who won almost all his
fights after he'd kissed the can
vas twice. Sullivan I'd put next.
s'Braddock was game battler.
Baer. Schmeling, Sharkey. Car
nera and the rest you can put in
bag, shake UP and take your
choice.
~ aCh, yeah. almost forgot.
About that Baer Simon fight.
That's gonna be the damndest
thing ever seen in ring. GUAR
Ter Of a ion Of fighfir' men IN
that ring at one time. My boy
26e. Baer about 240.
And they've both been going
great. Both put up great battles
against Louis. Abe's a mortal
cinci1 to knock him out if he gets
another crack at him. Oh, he'll
/ finish Baer within 10 rounds. He
had a bum right hand against
Louis, know that? Clipped bone
ION the thumb joint. All ready to
go now, though. Gotta great left
iab.
Gotta go, huh? Well, drop in
again some time when you fee
/ like talkin'. Wanna tell va about
Abe Simon. He's fightin' Buddy
Baer Aug. 81 in the Garden. They
| fought back in 1887. Buddy wef