Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-21
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ;, FRANCE, srAuu
On the Fight Coming Up

NEW YORK. June 20.-Ingemar Johansson has been
looking pedestrian in training Grossingers that many
fight observers reminded Of Max schmeng 1885, For
that they refuse to rule the chances of
dethronng Floyd Patterson next Thursday Yankee Sta
dunn.
These are observers mainly. who watched schmeling
training at Napanoch for the first fight with Joe The
German looked mediocre that few seriously felt he
longed in the ring with the hghtnngswift Louis
He is pushover." the consensus.
Il zee somesings" Schmeng countered in his broken
English but he wouldn't 60 beyond that statement He
referring to Louis whom he had watched in action and
film. The remark. II somesings" a msy peg at
best or SO seemed but it given wide circulation prob
ably because there little else to discuss pontcaly
As it turned out. Schmeling knew whereof spoke.
Louis after iab dropping his left hand leaving his
chin exposed About all Schmelng had good straight
right hand and he capitalized it. Every time low
cred his left Max would belt him with his good punch The
young Louis was decked early in the fight and finally knocked
out in the 12th
THAT WAS ON June 49, 1886. little % years ago.
but the lesson remembered For that Ingy the
Swede isn't just being written of. Sure Ingy hasn't
pressed very many people at Grosngers Even the experts
who taken to the training camp nice things about
Johansson have been uering forced statements People
like Jack Dempsey.
Dempsey privately. wishes he could taken whack
at Johansson when he was in his prime The old tiger
likely would destroyed swede However Patterson
Is something else
Still. Pattersons severest critics admit that he can
J0nan6
son. unless is Eddie Machen is the strength Of the
Swede oneround knockout Machen Europe that
international match is based When is asked who else
did Johansson hck?" likely to be questioned
In turn. who did Machen beat?"
But the applies lesser degree to Patterson who
has been nurtued pathetic diet of amateurs
ming his title by knocking old Archie Moore who
has been more than blownup middleweght Pete Rade
macher SLOW bad-headed making his first pro fight
against the heavyweight champion Of the world trav
a
classified as top-fight contender.
YET BOTH OF THESE tyros Rademacher and Harris
had Patterson the floor And Johansson isn't the most
overated challenger to from Europe in years. he could
if he lands, put Patterson down. too.
Adding to the warness with which lot of people
regarding this fight is the memory of the May joust be-
Patterson and Brian London of England This
terrible thing that foted the nnocents Of Indianap
oils It billed for the heavyweight championship Of
the world but before it got head Of steam. the
British Boxing Control Board decreed that London
fit challenger Just recently fine and suspension
thrown at London for accepting the bout AL Patterson
London turned to workout for the champ Lon
don can't fight lick, and that's what boherng the odds
layers in town. Can Johansson fight lick. either?
They take dim views. sometimes Of European fighters
Then they remember Schneng and how he took out Louis
in 1886 and revise or hedge.
J0HANssoN BATTLES THE fight writer's who have
been visiting him at his training camp When he throws
left jab he hooks Combinations alien to him
London, the thckegged unschooed at Indanap
oils oldtime fighters who watch Johansson aghat at
the way like Louis drops his left and by the way
leaves his midsection exposed
Nobody has Ingy throw good right hand in train
ing yet he must have knocked out Machen with something
gy. who somewhat oddly quit serious training today
that not throwing his Sunday punch is not unusual
II will my right hand when the proper time comes"
he tells visitors to his plush calsthenics quarters when
the time comes will land 1t on Patterson's Jaw"
GROUP OF OLD-TLdERS talking Of fighters
who looked bad in training but and of others
looked impressive and left their form in the camps The
Schmelng Of 1885, OF incident cited
Billy Petroe also mentioned Petrole seemed to have
two left feet in training but the old Fargo Express ter
ror in the ring Mickey Walker the
The best conditioned fighter to this layman's eye
Max Baer when he trained for Louis He magnificent at
Spectator N r. big strong and seemingly full Of conf
dence gladiator could be- Max used to beat his i'm
preSSive chest.
I'm ready" he pronounced, and SO it seemed. With
Louis vunerablty to the good right hand to the Jaw it
didn't seem that Baer could miss.
He missed. Max into the ring and all Of that
training bravado went out Dempsey, who to sponsor
Baer snarled in disgust even before the bell rang.
So you tell.