The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-13
Bimstein Says Americans Could Help
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Great Britain must import some able American trainers soon, or it mus, give up all hope of interna- tional competition in professional boxing, whitey Bimstein said today.
 Bimstein, one of America'S fore most trainers, returned during the weekend from London where he handled Heavyweight Joe Baksi in his fight with Freddie Mills on Nov 5. Baksi of Kulpmont, Pa. stopped Mills of England in the sixth round.
 whitey a small, blond, bald ing chap - explained that the war had left Great Britain with a flock of untutored boxers and with prac- tically no experienced trainers Go prepare those boxers properly for the professional ring.
 Ruined
 It's a sad situation over there, !" he continued. My visit to England was like visiting a ruin. There's not much left Of the traditional British science Of boxing. And only mem ories remain of great English train CTS and seconds
 A reporter asked what caused the decline.
 Decline. he'll" said whitey. It's almost a wipe-out. According to present American standards there are only two men in the entire Bri- tish Isles who resemble professional fighters. They are Freddie Mills, British light heavyweight cham pion, and Bruce woodcock, British heavyweight champ. Neither of them has enough skill, as yet, to qualify them as top-flighters in the American sense.
 Its a shame, too, because they're both good boys who could go places If they had the proper training-1 mean expert instruction, and daily workouts with good sparring part ners, and proper handling in the corner during fights. Mills, particp- larly. could develop into great fighter. He's a dead-game guy, who's done pretty well with what little ring knowledge he could pick up"
 But. why are there no longer any good trainers in the 1slesp the re- porter asked
 Bimstein explained that during Britain long war period most Bri- tish ex-fighters and trainers sought other means of livelihood than box ing They became tavern proprietors or bookmakers at the horse and dog tracks, or operators of resorts.
 Solution Dangerous
 Whitey continued. with but few exceptions. the trainers now work ing in Great Britain do not know their business. Most of them have practically no knowledge of boxing or of conditioning. And they are menaces in a fighters corner. Act ually, some of them don't even know how to bandage a fighters hand And l saw them using monselleS' So- lution on brow cuts. That solution is not only out of date in the Amer. ican ring, but it is prohibited. It. too dangerous. The British trainerl talked to never heard of oul modern remedies for nose, mouth and eye cuts-1 mean adrenalir chloride. hemestataic ere, hemeSta' tic globilin. and thrombo plastine.
 Bimstein emphasized that Greai Britain entered the war in i939- seven years ago. He stressed that during the war practically no boxers were developed in the British armed services, for the service men wert too busy in the big fight at home and abroad to spend much time or boxing.
 He continued. Promoter Jack Solomons wants to bring some American trainers to England. Hs knows that's the only answer, if h' expects to develop professions fighters who can compete witt Americans.
 Whether the British Board O. Boxing Control will permit this. don't know. The board is very con- seryative; and some Of the so-callec trainers over there-who are actu' ally gymnasium swampers-are Verg jealous.
 Tt will be too bad if some of oui trainers are not permitted to helI the British boys, because there's no thing wrong-physically or mental ly with those boys. They're athletic and they're smart, and they n game But they We got to be taugh and trained and handled properly More than this. the imported Amer ican trainers could develop a new group of able, modern British train ! CTS