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BROSSEAU, NEW MIDDLE WEIGHT FIND, A COLLEGE GRADUATEStrongest Contender for Britton’s Title Served In Royal Air Forces—Won All Bouts Since ReturainpWhen the wires flashed the report a. few months aa*.« that a comparatively unknown, Eugene Brosseau, a Kn-nch-Canadlan middleweight, had knocked out Willie (K. O.) Loughln of South Bethlehem in the fourth, round In Montreal the fistic universe, at first unable to comprehend the full significance of the accomplishment, assumed a somewhat dubious attitude toward the Canuck. A few weeks later. as a sort of v . riflcation of his previous feat. Brosseau shoved the skids in the tlilrd round ..nder Battling Kopin, one of the toughest of Pennsylvania's coal mine products. Subsequently Gentleman Gene, ns his idolizing pais have been wont to christen him. stopped Art Magirl, the Lnrkport middleweight, who had met with considerable success in a recent Australian crusade. Brosseau followed up a wek Inter with a c ean-cut win over Johnny Howard of Bayonne. The Canuck scored a knockdown In the fourth session, and in the eighth fra mo had Howard all primed for the fin :1 wallop when the hastily erected s tnds In the rear ofthe Monument N'at onal collapsed, and With thoir collapse the light-ng wires were disconnected, the lights made a hnstv exit, and the bout was halted. Then lost Tires lay evening, nt Portland. in the first bout on this sine of the border in which Gene has figured as a professional. Brosseau outpointed George Chip of Newcastle, former world’s middlewe ght chnm- plon.Ho is 25 years old and n college graduate, having mastered the prescribed courses nt both Mont St. Louis University and St. Lcaurenfc College of Montreal. tie made h's flrst bid for pugilistic recognition in 1513 as :i member of the Casfjuetto Club of Montreal In 1315 Gene won thecity title, and the following: year was sont to Boston, where he purloined the American amateur middleweight crown. A few weeks later he added '.he Toronto title to his rapidly Increasing collection. In 1917 Gene; repeated at Boston and Montreal and whs shipped to San Francisco where. In the international tournament, ho scored four knockouts In three con- , semtivo nights.Brosseau enlisted in the fall of , 1917 In tho Royal Air Force. He served on the wrong side of the big pond until tho armistice wag signed, and returned to Canada early this year. But amateur boring was no longer of interest to him and he cast his fortunes within the professional arena.H a flrst argument, with the collectors of the glittering lucre Testi’ted In a one-round knockout of Gordon M.iekay at the Olympic club of Montreal. A week later he stopped Red Allen of New York, in two rounds, and followed up the following week with a clean-cut decision over Johnny (Kid) Alberta. Frank Longh-rey. who held Les Darcy to a close verdict in a twenty-rounder In Australia a few years ago, wab the next gent to bow to the intoxicating pokes of the Canuck. George Rivet, a Canadian with an International reputation. was dropped in the sixth session. Gene's next opponent. Tommy Ferguson, the Boston veteran, was disqualified In the third round when he dellbera? ly fouled Brosseau after tho latter had cut him up unmercifully and had him all preppnd for the punch soporific. Jeff Smith of Bayonne, one of the foremost of tho world's middleweight^, fared considerably better than his predecessors wlh Brosseau; his experience served him In good stead and he earned a draw with the Canadian.
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Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Mon, Nov 17, 1919
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