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YyFIGHTERS NOW LACK PUNCHe Few of Modern Pugilists Possess Suf 3 ficient Force In Their Blows to V Produce Knockout.a Few fighters of the present day are ® gifted with the “punch,” say experts a of the. game. The boxers either spar e for time and drag along for draw decisions or the sporting world must he . • • % * •e forced to the conclusion that there Is e a dearth of battlers of old of the type of Nelson in his prime, Fitzsimmons, 3 McGovern and Ketch ell. This trio, especially Fitz and Ketchell, had wal* 1 lops like kicks from a mule.0 Billy Papke of Kewanee, a content* t porary of Ketchell, is still living, tohe sure, and only recently defeated 3 Carpenter, champion middleweight of r France, but Papke at his best is only 3 a shadow of the husky lad who gave a Ketchell the battles of his life.Johnny Kilbane has yet to demon-s Btrate that he possesses the punch, i, and Wolgast is dabbling around in limit contests without handling his F opponents the K. O. potions.1 Fighters must have the wallop to a make the greatest successes and shine s as drawing cards like Battling Nelson, 3 Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchell, Fitzsim-e mons and Jeffries.3 In the heavyweight division there S is hot one fighter of . class who rde-r* serves to eat the crumbs from the 3 table of the old timers so far as real fighting ability ' is concerned. Old l* speckled Bob Fitzsimmons might clean out the whole bunch in a single t night were he in his prime, d There Is no pugilist who is to the fight game what Frank Gotch is to s wrestling. Had Gotch been a prize a fighter, instead of a grappler, he might r- have remained the champion of the h world for many years. He has speed. F endurance, weight, strength and s T wonderful brain. He would hav» raised the level of pugilism just as hi has elevated wrestling.
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Bessemer Herald
Bessemer, Michigan, US
Sat, Dec 21, 1912
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