The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-04
.PITTSBURGHER
ALSO HAS HEAVY
Ten POUND PULL.
Good Little Man to Face
Good Bigger Man FRI
day Night
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New York, February 4. - A little
man viii try to beat q bigger man
again tonight at Madison Square
Garden when Beau Jack, world
lightweight champion, opposes Fritz
zie zivic, former world welterweight
champion, In an overweight match
Of ten rounds.
Last week little man, Feather
weight, Champion Willie Pep, was
successful against a bigger man.
Lightweight Allie Stolz, and now
Beau Jack hopes to furnish further
evidence to prove that good little
man can beat a good bigger man.
For Beau. Jack, tonight's engage
ment marks his first ring start since
he annexed the 135-pound division
title by knocking out Tippy Larkin
in three rounds at the Garden last
December 10. The fiery Beau seeks
his 14th victory in a row. He
swept through 10 opponents with
out a defeat in 1912.
He's Been Around
zivic Is the most experienced foe
Beau Jack has ever met. The flat
nosed Pittsburgher Is now starting
his 18th year Of fistic campaigning,
has encountered all manner Of OPP
position among the 1874 opponents
he has faced, Is q past master at
all the tricks Of the trade and has,
time and again, taken on opponents
with the same ring style as that en-
ployed by the aggressive lad from
Augusta, Ga.
Most boxing men liken Beau
Jack has ever met. The flat-nosed
Pittsburgher Is now starting his
18th year Of hstic campaigning, has
encountered all manner of opposi-
ton among the 1874 opponents he
has faced, Is past master at all the
tricks Of the trade and has, time
and again, taken on opponents with
the same ring style as that en-
ployed by the aggressive lad from
Augusta, Ga.
Most boxing men liken Beau
Jacks style to Henry Armstrong;.
It was from Armstrong that zivic
won the welterweight crown and
in second meeting with Armstrong
he scored q knockout.
But there Is one vast difference
between the Armstrong who lost his
weller title to Fritzie zivic and the
present day Beau Jack. Homicide
Hank had been around many years
when he met Zivic the first time and
was definitely past his peak. Beau
Jack, however, is only a years old
and Is still on the way up. He ap-
pears to improve with every start.
The Beau Is nine years younger
than zivic. He has more speed and
endurance. He can set fast pace
and keep It up through ten rounds,
He keeps himself at all times In
excellent physical condition and
trains more conscientiously than
any other fighter in boxing today,
Despite his many years Of COM
paigning Zivic has been displaying
consistently good form. His last
two New York appearances at the
Garden saw him victorious over
Freddie (Red) Cochrane, welter
weight champion, In an overweight
match, and over Carney Young,
whom he knocked out. His last fight
took place In Pittsburgh several
weeks ago and he won decisively
from Carmen Notch, O local rival.
Tonight Zivic will carry q de-
cided weight advantage into the
ring. He plans to weigh 145 pounds
which Is expected to be some seven
or eight pounds more than that
scaled by Beau Jack. The light
weight champion moves his pound
age up and down very much like
Johnny Dundee used to do. He
weighed 1872 ga for both his fights
with Allie Stolz, whom he also
stopped, and with Larkin. Yet he