Evening star., 1944-04-04
Underdog Near Draft
Could Build FIashy
Future on Win
By GEORGE HUBER.


welterweight who has caught the
fancy of Washington's fight crowd
as have few fighters before him
steps up to the turning point in his
career tonight when he climbs
through the Uline Arena ropes for
a 10-round session with Sammy An
gott, former National Boxing Asso-
citation lightweight champion.
Angott, with experience and abil-
tty and not too much age behind
him, is 2-1 choice. In any other
town without the support of local
money for the local favorite the
odds probably would be Al for the
former champ to maui out de-
cision.
Perry in a brief and spectacular
career has shown a load of dyna-
mite in both his big fists, but the
problem tonight will be to catch
Angott, who notably is hard to
catch. He's been in the ring with
the best of the current crop of light
weights and Junior welterS and none
has been able to chill him. Not to
have been knocked out in eight
years of ring campaigning is a
proud record. He just doesn't get
hit too often and when hit has
shown ability to absorb whatever's
behind the punches.
Little in Perry's Favor.
Angott is a good boxer, not the
Jab and hook kind that dances
around, but the bulling, mauling
kind that ties up the opposition and
wears it down with good body at
tack. It's part of his record that
he wins most of the time, but doesn't
look good in SO doing. Comparing
the careers of tonight's two main
eventers, it just doesn't appear in
the books for Perry to win.
1t can be done, though. Juan
Zurita did it last month on the Pa
cific Coast, but at that Zurita rates
much higher on the f1stic ladder
than does Perry at the moment.
Zurita did it by beating Angott to
the punch and by keeping him off
balance while blocking his left hooks
and uppercuts. 1t takes speed and
boxing skill to do that and, while
Perry has the speed, it's not certain
he has the boxing skill that gen.
orally comes only with experience.
Perry's lack of expe- .ae was
shown against Billy Banks in his
last Washington showing. He beat
Billy to pulp, literally, but the
clever Banks STAYED off a knockout
and lost only on a TKO when he
couldn't see. Angott Is far cleverer
than Banks and has much more
stamina.
Record Gate Expected.
In ordinary times Perry wouldn't
be thinking of going against Angott
or man of Angott's caliber for a
year or two yet. But these aren't
ordinary times. Perry, just turned
18, is due for the Army shortly. BY
beating Angott he can get reputa-
tion that will help him re-estabhsh
himself after the war. without a
victory over Angott or some other
big-name fighter he would be Just
oAAoU4CA 2aA wy WIZ lldQ WON 10
tights or so before entering the serv-
Ice. And there are lots of those.
Hence the reason for Aaron stepping
out OF his class ahead of time as he's
doing tonight.
Indications are for record indoor
gate that may hit the $50, 900 figure
Angott is receiving $500 or a choice
OF 30 per cent Of the gate. The for
mer champ figures to weigh around
l4O pounds, which Is S pounds more
than he scaled while dropping his
lightweight crown to zurita last
month, while Perry must make 142.
The premilinary schedule is head
ed by six-round weIter scrap be-
tween Morris Reif and Eddie Moore
Another six sends Eddie Bove against
Archie Wilners, featherweights. A
fve-rounder between Bob Thompson
and Steve Burkas and another five
to be announced complete the sup
porting cast. First fight is at 8:45.