The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-13
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Boxing Battle of the Bronx" Goes on at MISC
 Tomorrow Night
Special to The DemOcrat)


 New York, March 13.-Not so Coy feud, but with all the intense bitterness of long standing neigh borhood war, the eagerly anticipated clash between Steve Belloise and Tami Mauriello, Bronx middle weight rivals, takes place in the ring at Madison Square Garden Friday night.
 At least one section of the Bronx will be broke" along about Il o. clock tomorrow evening because the Fordham followers of Mauriello and the Williamsbridge rooters of Bel loise are backing their sentiments with hard cash.
 Along the boxing front, the feel ing is that Belloise carries too many guns for Mauriello, that he has encountered far more formidable opposition in his career than Tami, that he will profit from his greater expereince, that his unorthodox punching style will first baffle and then wreck Mauriello.
 But that isn't going according to the records which reveal that Mau- riello has a better knockout per- centage than Belloise (16 kayoes in 27 fights for Mauriello to 17 kayoes in 39 fights for Belloise): which show only one defeat in the career of Taini to five for Belloise; which prove that actually Mauriello, count ing his amateur competition, has had more fights than Belloise who never engaged in a simon-pure con- test.
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 The supporters of Mauriello point out, further, t:iat Ta1ni is always at his best against straight, stand-up fighters like Belloise; that he has trouble only with cute boxers like Billy Soose, only opponent to boast a victory over the Fordham mid- dleweight; that he can take punch better than his neighborhood rival; that he has 8 greater competitive spirit, that he can rise to greater heights when ''the chips are down"
 Be that as 1t may, the answer will be provided tomorrow night when Belloise and Mauriello will have ten rounds to settle the question oi supremacy. The Bronx, and Vest chester, too, Is seething with ex- citement. Not since the famous battle between Carl Duane ar1c Frankie Jerome, two other bitter rivals, in 1923, has the Bronx been in a greater uproar.
 All week long theer have beer parades and rallies staged in the Bronx by the supporters of the two fighters. Thousands of wildly cheering partisans kill crowd into the Garden, bringing with them cap-pistols, cowbells, horns, whistles and, of course, choice variety oi Bronx cheers.
 And they should have plenty oi opportunity to root because indica- tions are that the contest will be one of the most exciting of the year Few boxing men expect the match to go its full distance. the beliei being that 1t will end in knock. out-one way or the other-some. time before the tenth round i: reached.
 Mauriello will have a weight ad. vantage of several pounds ovel Belloise. Tami figuring on weighing 161 to about 154 for Belloise.
 Action Ahead
 Ill support of the feature con. test, Matchmaker Nat Rogers Ina. lined up program on which will be presented many of the best looking youngsters in the Metropoli. tan area. Four six round events and an opening four are sched. u,ed.
 One of the sixers has Danny Bartfield, crack East Side light. weight, facing the seasoned Joey Fontana, of Brooklyn. In a sec. on six, the undefeated Charlie Lulu) Costsantino, featherweigh from the East Side, tangles witt Tommy (Curley) St. Angelo, of tht Bronx.
 Harold Oliver, promising young lightweight from Brooklyn. take on Bernie Manhoff, Philadelphia in another over the same distance Oliver Is called pocket edition o Al Davis because he, too, carries crushing left hook.
 Bernie Miller, Harlem leight weight, and Slugger White, hard. hitter from Baltimore, are pairet in the final six. The opening foul brings together Jimmy riinm, color ful young welterweight from Louis vile, Ky, and Tommy zano, O Kingston, N. Y.
 Tickets for the show are priced at $l.15 general admission, $2.3O $50, $400 and $5.75 for reserved seats.