Essentials For Success in Boxing

Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1948, Page 6

Essentials For Success in Boxing

. (N.Z.P.A.

— Reuter ,

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LONDON, Mai'. 7. After the liurry of his ai-rival, Joe Louis has been appearing at Earl's Oourt in a health and lioliday 'exhibition — which, ineidentaliy, has not been , Ihe success that was anticiiiateJ. Before he got down to tliis job of wofk Joe was invited to make a few eomments about British boxing. lle decia'red that oue of the essentials of a suecessful boxing career was to have a lirst-class trainer. He suggested that if British boxers went to America and starled at the bottom it would do llieni a, lot of good. The inain essentials of a boxing career he listed as: luterest in boxing, ability to light, and t'ne right training and a fair share of luck. Boxers sliould forget everything else, including girls, cabarets and parlies. Tliey sliould go into training and rexuain in training througlxout their boxing Jife. His owii success lie attributed to hard work. Louis described Tonimy Earr as one of Britain's greatest iighters. "He was tough and clead ganie," he said. "He gave me what I would consider my second Iiardest light for the cliampioiisliip. The hardest was niy first eoutcst witli Billy Conn. Ile sure had ihe worried until I won in the tliirteentii round. I hit him witli nearly everything, but 1 eouldn't knock him out.,; Oxford Crew Ready. The Oxford .and Cambridge boat rae.e crews.comu to London next week to beg'in the last stage of their training bofore the race on Kaster Haturday. Botli have new boats costing £300, ordered witli one eye on Olympic Games. The two crews are heavier thaii usual, witli the average weiglits around 1 2st. At the munient Oxford are said to be more advanced in llieir training aini liie dillicully will be to keep tliem at Llieir peak unjtil the race. Tliey will Oo taken over at l'utney by David h'aikes, who brought thein along witli their training to niu in 1940. Cambridge, who had an easy victory lasl year, are regarded as being ratlie: backward and requiring a good deal of work. 5000 Competitors. It is now anticipated that there will be' over 500(1 competitors in tlie Olympic Games. -Last week Belgium sent in 134 entries, bringing the total lo '1970, witli entries yet to come froni eiglit other nations. , There is still tio word fronl Jiussia, tliougli she has joified the Internationai Aimiteur Atlilelic Association. The autliorities are now working on, a percentnge allocation of over? 2, 000,000 IicketS to Ihe- British publie-, and to competiug overseas .count ries. Wemblev Gtadiums, Ltd., dropped s.s iu prolits last year. ■ The* causes: Fuel' crisis, suspension of grev-. liournl racing, and ban on midweek racing. ■> Murphy's Contests. There has been some indecision in the Bos .M urphy. eamp, it seems, about who his noxt appouent .shali be befote he meets Diyk Ttirpiill* \Last ' week n was stated"" that he would be ready to light on .March lii. ATow it is report ed that he will light on.April n, but uo ; opponeut has yet, been naiued. Meanwhile, M urphy is iu' full traiu-1 iiig and g'oes eac'h day to Solomon 's : gymuasiiun, uear I'iccadillv. It is understood that Bam Burns, Murphy's imiiiager, would Inn'e prcferrcd M urphy liol to light before he , meets Ttirpiii iu! Goventry. Ilis argument was that if M urphy sliould get bealen it would have an effect 011 flie ('oventry gate, oiie-lirth of which is to go to the New Zealander. On Ihe other hand, 1M urphy, .who was ' ' sliort of a light ' ' before lie me1 Yinee Hawkins, feels that he needs a!l tlie lightiug he ean gpt before he climbs' into the ring oji \ V hit Moiulay. New Title Prospect. luterest in heavvweight boxing tliis week received a lillip wlien Joe Weidui, Ihe Austrian llebrew, beat Alf Brown, who jirecefled Bruce Woodcock as amateur cruiser (diampion before the war, jn two rounds. Weidin, who is just over lnsi., stands (ift. 31in., and is a hnndsome man witli tlie ilaniboyance of Jack Doyle, inipressed boxing critics witli his l'iglil hook. It put Brown dowii for a count of live in tlie lirst /round. By ihe end of the second round Brown vvas so badlv hurt that he had lo rctire. Continental lieavvweights until now have been regarded witli some sceptirixm, but Weidin, who has bealen Olok, Martin, Bertola, Bueuo aiul Robcrl Kuge.iie, is regarded hopefully. He is to meet Jack Loudou at Gotlienburg 011 March 19 and he is booked to ap]iear again in London next moiilli. One writ,er forecasts that in the next two vears Weidin "can earh betvveen £-'1(1,000 and £40,000.