Evening star., 1951-07-20
|IBC Has 4 Big Bouts
lin Mind, Including
Louis VS.. Marciano
By IN. Associated Pres.

Matches make matches" is al
old saying in the boxing business
and today the promoters arr
bursting with potential money.
makers following Jersey Joe Wal.
colts perfect punch" knockou1
of EzZard Charles.
Ready to pour greenbacks intt
the Golfers of the Internationa
Boxing Club are the television sci
manufacturers who paid $100,00t
for the air rights of the Charles
Walcott thriller, the theater- -tele.
vision interests, the Pabst Brew.
ing Co. and the Gillette Razor Co
The latter two have been spon.
Soring boxing cards for some time
and the theater people compose
another powerful combine ready
to shell out plenty for boxing
productions.
Bidding Already Begun.
Bidding for the TV rights fol-
the Charles Walcott return bout
in September already has started
among the big four, and before
it's ended the price is expected to
pass the $250,000 mark.
In addition to the Charles-Wal.
colt natural. the IBC is ready to
offer the Ray Robinson-Randy
Turpin return fight for the mid.
dleweight title for September, q
light heavyweight title clash be-
tween Champion Joe Maxim ano
Irish Bobby Murphy for August
%. and the possibility of a con-
tenders meeting between Joe
Louis and undefeated Rocky Mar
ciano.
Actually. none of the four pos
sibilities has been set yet. But
all four are in the works and
every one of them appears to be
a box Office bonanza.
Jim Norris,N the busy president
OF the IBC, will have a lot OF
work on his hands in New York
today and next week. getting the
details down on paper. The IBC
chieftain has personal and phone
dates scheduled with the mana
gers Of all the top fighters named
Louis Wants Action.
Louis, frozen out of a title bout
because of Walcott's surprising
seven-round knockout of Charles
wants to keep busy. He has an
August l date with Cesar Brion
IN San Francisco. but what hap
pens after that? Neither Walcott
nor Charles will be ready for him
until next year because of tax
problems, and the Brown Bomber
In the best shape in many years
wants to clean up while he can.
Norris has offered Marshall
Miles. Louis manager, a Mar
clano match to keep Joe busy while
hes awaiting the outcome of the
fourth Charles Walcott fight
rocky scored an impressive
knockout win over Rex Layne, and
ne and Louis, on the basis of Joe's
showing against Lee Savold, figure
TO pack the customers in.
Pittsburgh. with : city record
crowd of 28,272 and a gate of
S245, 900 plus 100000 for the air
rights. hopes to grab off the
Charles-Walcott return fight.
Tom Tannas, co-manager of
Charles, says he favors either
Pittsburgh or New York. 1.-TWO
fights in one year are not too
many for Pittsburgh" Tannas de-
clared.
with the gate we had when
Charles was a 6-1 favorite. we
should get $350,OoO to 100000
plus higher television rights, when
an even match is expected"
Won't Argue Over Site.
Felix Bocchicchio. manager OF
Walcott, would like to have the
return bout in Atlantic City or
Philadelphia. but said he, will go
Morris wants.
The Turpin-Robinson bout will
go to New York in September
Marciano and Louis shape up as
an outdoor Detroit show or an
indoor show in New York.
If Maxim and Murphy don't get
together on August % in New
York, the IBC has two other title
shows in the works. That's either
a featherweight title scrap be-
tween Sandy Saddler and Willie
Pep, or a welterweight champion
ship fight between Champion Kid
Gavilan of Cuba and Billy Gra-
ham Of New York.