The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15
AMATEUR RING DOINGS
G.R.S.

G.h.Os
The Diamond Belt Championships
produced but one new champion. Ken
Conley, South Boston lightweight, was
the only newly crowned titlist.
Jackie Heard continued on his win
ming way by annexing the feather
weight crown. Heard has shown, per-
haps, the most improvement over last
year than any of the other amateurs.
He met Frank Toscano in his semi
final bout and they merely took up
where they had left off at the recent
Golden Glove championships. Heard,
winner then, was again rewarded the
decision after very clever exhibition
Of boxing technique.
The final bout for the featherweigbt
title brought together Frank Martin,
Plymouth, and Heard for the only all
colored final on the card. Martin, who
returned to the amateur ring-war after
an early season lay-off, was his usual
good self and together with Heard put
on a sterling exhibition of boxing and
mitigating. The crowd got great deal
of pleasure from this bout and even
though Heard was rewarded with the
title Martin received a long ovation as
he left the ring.
The Andrews Buckles bout lived up
to all pre-fght thoughts. These two
boys are by far the class of the anna
teur welters in New England and this,
their first meeting in a local ring, pro-
vided plenty fireworks. Both are saw
age punchers and willing mixers. An
drews, who won, was able to put on
good rally late in the second which kept
Buckless pretty much on the defensive
A return bout between these two
would be WOW.
Dave Horblitt, the mute, won both
his bouts in the same manner, via the
knockout route. He's a two-fisted
puncher with dynamite in either hand
It's good to see one so afflicted crowned
a winner.
John Lycurgus was really the sur
prise of the show. To start with, he
impressively defeated Jack Kearney
who holds two previous decisions over
him. Then, in the final, he lost to one
of the best middleweights in the coun-
try's ranks, in Sal Cesario. The bout
was very close all the way and even
after the split decision was announced
In Cesario's favor there were those who
thought that Lycurgus had won.
Lycurgus gets the award of this col
umn for the best comeback of the
season.
The Inter City Show at the Garden
Monday night will be a good take-in
for real amateur boxing fans. These
shows are always good as they bring
together the outstanding amateur box
ers of at least three cities. In this
one, boys from Cleveland and Phila-
delphia will vie for honors with a local
team. There will be contests in six
classes, featherweight through heavy
weight, with a special bantamweight
fight of five two minute rounds between
ORLANDO Fanti, the New England and
All Eastern champion, and Lester Nc
Gowan, the All-American champion, of
Buffalo, N. Y.
The show is being presented by the
Irish-American A. A. with reserved
seats at 1920, $165 and $1.10 and gen
eral admission the night of the show at
55c.
The following are the Diamond Belt
Chamnions:
Flyweight, Tony Peppi; bantam
weight, Joe Landry; featherweight,
Jack Heard; lightweight, Ken Conley;
welterweight, Dave Andrews; middle
weight, Sal Cesario; light heavyweight,
James Griffin; heavyweight, Dave
HOrblitt.
The champions, as we'll as the run
ner-up for each class, received a beau
tiful diamnOd rinp.