Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-27


Coral lot of fighting aboard the battleship
Alabama and still he looking fight what with the
Navy taking dim view of its boxing
fesonay while ashore conar switched to Murphy alias
in purest form
HE CAME EAST via Colorado where he was born and San
Diego where he grew up turned pro boxer keeps when
he got out of the Navy later, Murphy himself will
have to out of his present division He's barely light
heavy Q75pound limit with gveortake rider this
cula scrap and have heavyweghts the future
Which all right with Irish Happy Chandler used
love baseball, Murphy loves to fight
Technically he isn't boxer He's Sugger, willing to
take two three punches land LaNottas style SINH
lar That's why tonight fight figures to draw at least twice
much money the recent Joe Louis-Lee Savod affair
This braw Murphy has referring it,
is designed to IL rounds and it'll be Noteworthy regardless
of which gladiator wins If LaMotta is beaten and knocked
into the second echeon in his division, fight game will
benefit to the extent that at long last will found
fighting 1rishman. Moreover fighting rishman who
developed in the service
WHATEVER BECAME those boxers who supposedly were
to from the ranks of the World veterans? You
couldn't call Charles product Army. fighter
before he served like Louis Tony Zae bit
at the time granted but nevertheless pro fighter The point
is that he wasn't Gene Tunney Tom Shakey who
recognition during after their with the Marines and
Navy
Murphy to be legitimate product of the Navy.
Nobody ever heard of him before he entered the service To-
night he'll be slight favorite to beat Jake LaMota former
middeweight champion of the world If he
ciay he knocks Jacob fiat his backtu real shot
in the for boxing.
On the other hand there's
February IA he world champion Then Detroit
Ray Robinson gave him savage beating in title fight Few
rngmen in recent have taken such beating clean
knockout would have been act of mercy But it wasn't
clean kayo Laotta almost beaten beyond human endurance
wouldn't down. The referee properly stopped the slaughter
IN HIS DRESSING ROOM LaMotta looked as If he'd never
be in physical shape engage his profession again.
given Doctors and handlers worked his msshapn
tace vck his wife held his hrobbg head clicked
For Robinson however Jake had to 100 pounds When
he steps into the ring against Murphy he'll weight approx
maey IT'S regardless of what he weighed dried out todays
traditional noontme ceremony
The usual sils who hold credentials the racket
delivered their speeches for whatever publicity their uerances
worth Some Laota will be heavy slow Others
take the opposite point of view AL Svani title
of sweat nurse" and who through his melting
down ordeal before the Robinson fight says Jakes
weight is 172 pounds.
He's different fighter at natural weight" Brother Svan
Il know what taken out of him just before
nson fight He had take off almost pounds
and half to make 160."
You have Silvanis theory points. Sugar Ray
weighed much LaMotta Robinson beat
four out of five times And the last time fearful
The recuperave of Lotta have remarkable
the 1914 question tonight will whether
the Detroit disaster