Evening star., 1955-09-20
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And in This Corner

NEW YORK. Sept. 20Next TO the giaolators themselves
it Is possible that the most important in the ring at
Yankee Stadium when the heavyweight title is put Tor
grabs viii be the public doesn't know His name Freddie
Brown. He is "cut man..
Of all time very few Of his 48 fights have left him unbooded
choppng up Rocky OF challenger Archie Moores main
hopes not his chief Stopping the now and plugging
the wound Is Freddie Browns job He may get much
$1,000 for his work.
The public may know Of Freddie Brown but the fight
mob knows him we'll Among cut he is Of the big
three The others Whitley Bimsen and Dan Floo They
magicans with swab and few vals and they acknow
edge their potons ofttimes border on the Illegal
The cut man is unsung in fighters and Rocky
Marcianos is where Brown win be working al Well, the
champs manager and Charley Goldman his trainer will
direct the strategy but in Of the almost inevitable
wound it's all in the laps Of the gods and Freddie
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DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS, Brown is to be found at
Slmans gym Eighth avenue, natnosed guy OF 48 in
sweay undert who for 80 has been training fighters
and in the last five ascending to top cut Except
when stable plugs like Hurricane Jackson Lulu
or two others fight Brown operates independent
Dan Parker was kind enough to write in his column that
saved two fights for Marcano" Freddie saying at
slmans today 81 don't want to brag but honestly think
did keep the referee from stopping the first Walcott and
first Charles fights At least gave Rocky chance to
who he was fighting.
"rd rather talk about the time Whitley Bmstein won
the middleweght title for Rocky Grazano This in
Chicago the second Tony Zale fight zale had Graziano
all cut up but as fast as he opened cut Whitley closed
Rocky finally took zale out, remember'"
HURRICANE JACKSON TALL deceptiyely lean Negro
heavyweight reported for workout with an almost
mperceptibe of his cigar Freddie mooned him up
many times have you worked in Marcanos corner?"
asked the talking with Brown.
"A six of his title fights. Did you the first wacott
fight in Philadelphia in SO? How many cuts did you count?"
"Two?" guessed the other
-Four" Freddie corrected Zone eye another
the cheekbone and the fourth the top Of his scalp
which peeled back"
0rnn rernin hat a tn
remember Everybody else in his too excited to
think. WE'LL, Goldman, AL Colombo. Me and Rocky
the only two that stayed calm"
How asked the other dd you happen to start working
for Rocky that particular night? Did Well have preoni
ton his boy would be cut up?"
Accident, is ALL went down to Philly just to watch
the fight Rocky spotted me. He and used to talk while
he training for Joe Louis in 81 and he asked me to
work in his Good thing did Anyway Rocky
So"
THERE WASN'T TOO much for Freddie to do in Rockys
first title against Roland La starza but in the
1854 defenses against Ezard Charles the cut specialist
put his mee Charles opened two-inch cut Mar
canos eye in the first fight which Rocky barely by
decision. In the return Charles inflicted the famous split in
Marcano's nose.
Worst cut I've ever seen Freddie volunteered "s nose
split good inch and 1t all solid flesh. put thro
boom pastn but the stuff wasn't strong enough That
after the sixth round Then hadda do something else"
"Dynamite9" 1t was asked tentatively. What they call
dynamite" in the trade is strictly against the law.
N-o-o" Brown said, slowly ITS what call from.
The real negatan, which is got lot Of iron in it.
That's Illegal too, but what the hell 1t for the cham
pionship"
Freddie reflected for a moment
Come to think OF it," he said II believe 1t got to be
illegal after that fight"
HOW DOES GUY get to be cut man?
"Wel guess you gotta have knack. You act
ond for certain me-n my Is yearsand you watch
and learn You start invenng your Then comes
fight you lucky and maybe 1t for fighter
and you're made"
But the big difference between ordinary second and
a cut man is. :" began the other.
Money" Freddie replied. T got agreement in writing
for the Moore h but ought to be worth 10 bills at least
probably 20 account of the gate and II do Rocky any
good"
Suppose" he asked, Charley Johnston offered you
$25O0 to be Archie cut man? As independent
would you take it?"
"Uh Uh" Freddie replied promptly. "I wouldn't work
against Rocky who is friend would rather not work
at all, understand"