Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-09-08

turn the calendar bacIs-rd like
to see:
Big Fred Fulton, who at one
time wasn't considered the best
heavyweight fighter, but today
he'd be champ :. What Joe Louis
could do with all the 10 leading
heavyweights today Mickey
Walker when he was called the
TOY Bulldog" never stopped
fighting until the last round :.
Bud Taylor at 11s was one Of the
greatest-a real killer who could
lick most any weller around to-
day The thrilling fights Doc
Smell used to put on when four
rounds was considered a main
event In California
When Jimmy McLarnin was
called Baby Face-But what q
fighter he wasl Il. Henry Arm
strong, who at one time held the
welter title and within year held
the lightweight and welterweight
title The first triple treat
champion &. Earl MAESTRO, a great
feather out of Chicago A mas
ter boxer =. Billy Petrolle, one
of the few fighters who more than
doubled his ring earnings He is
now president Of a bank In Du-
'luth among other holdings
I'll never forget seeing the jim
my Braddock vs.. Max Baer fight
In New York and it was one Of the
biggest upsets in boxing ~. That
is Braddock a 10 to 1 underdog
won hands down Jack Kerns,
who could write boxing history
starting more than so years ago
/. Always had a champion and
today is managing Archie Moore.
Tommy and Mike Gibbons,
about the only famous brothers
In the boxing game brilliant
isn't the word Q out Of every
10 fighters do what Joe Louis
did with his earning-gO for
broke =. King Tut who at $50
pounds was the greatest fighter
inch-fOr-lnch these eyes have
ever seen Could lick any Of
the local talent--even heavy
weights Sugar Ray Robin
son" called the greatest fighter
of our times" as a welterweight
but not as n middleweight >.
When was the last time any
European country produced a great
fighter?
The class former lightweight
champ Sammy Manden had in
and out Of the ring Bobby
Ward Of st. Paula great one and
still looks in trim I. saw Mike
oDowd fight a number of times
One could see his gameness
written all over his face Jack
Malone, known as the 'rPavlowa'
of the ring He was an artist
with brilliance at each perform
ance Willie Pep was a master
boxer but hung around a bit too
late I'll never forget Primo
Camera in his first fight CD at
the Madison Square Garden when
he stopped Big Boy Peterson in
two rounds
Local boy Wally Karbo, Is one
of the most successful promoters
in the country remember
him best when he started working
for the late Tony stecher for six
bucks a week -.
Who remembers when at least
10 large cities held boxing shows
on the same mite?
I still haven't seen a boxing
referee like our George A. Barton
He was Just as much an at
traction as the fighters were and
carried more respect When
Jackie Cohen (owner of Jaclxie's
Liquor Store in st. Paul. boxed
under the name Of Jackie Cameron
One Of the real nice guys in
or out of the boxing game j..
Honeyboy Conroy had the fans
roofing for him from both Cities.
Who remembers when Mike e.
Collins used to publish q weekly
boxing magazine called The In
ternational Boxing BladeH .
used to be published weekly in
Minneapolis And Eddie
Schwartz did a weekly column
called Between Rounds" The
Billy Misl1ie vs.. Fred Fulton fight
that ended in one round in st. Paul
:. A thrill just to be there +.
The weekly boxing shows at the
Gayety and Palace theatres !.
After nearly thirty years--in the
boxing game, many stilI consider
Jack Hurley as the greatest in the
game or at least Of our times :.
III never forget the first fight
I have ever seen at Nicollet ball
park the Mike Gibbons vs..
Eddie McGOOrty fight +, VINO re-
members the date? Or am I
telling my age! When Joe Cans
the popular SANITY city middle
weight opened an eating place and
charged 81 for a five course Italian
dinner Thought the price AZ