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Mlko Glbhnns has never been beaten, ami has never met anybody I hfc equal In tho boxing.game.GENTLEMAN MIKE A REAL BOXERPIIllarry Cireb, rittsburg's pride fn I he middleweight divlson, has been knocking opponents stiff and has bpoji defeating them on points wilh such regularity that he now looms as the (»nly possible opponent of class for Mike Gibbons. Tho great St. Paul boxer lias whipped most of the others. He's so'good, n match with mo-st of those In his class doesn't sound a bit good totho average promoter.FEGrrh Looks Good In Gieb, however, there is a youth who stems unbeatable. lie lms eomc along so fast of lnte and seems to be so good that it seems logical for him to pick on Mike.eh;lO’anpoboin(boSeveral stab3 at such a match have been made—by Pittsburg and other promoters, but it hasn’t been nialo attractive enough yet for Mike. Gibbons is growing out of the fight game to a- certain extent —partly becauso his brother Tom looks perfectly able to care of the family reputation, and partly because Mike is reaching a point where he doesn’t want to get ready to fight. His business interests have grown big and he would bo content to drop the ring game and take care of them exclusively* Promoters have been looking a long lime for someone to send against Mike who would be able'to make it interesting for the famous Irishman, bul no one has appeared who looks the part. Soldier Bart* field’s cries for a match haven't been taken senouslv, for the soldier can't be considered in the same breath wilh Gibbons, in spite of the fact that lie once gained a newspaper decision over Gibbons. Mike O'Dowd thinks he wants a match with Gibbons and several promoters are said to have made tempting offers for the mill, but It Is probable this match never will be made. M!kc practically taught O'Dowd everything the latter knows about fighting, and lias sentimental reasons for not wanting 10 tangle with the latest St. Paul sensation.H/BywcLcwi11awtruhacstSi11totowtiIiHIinslt;t!Prti:T.(StIrH\rmIEarly Winter Fight AH deduction.* bring the promoter face to race with a match that will have as out* of ils principals Grab and as the other Gibbons. The early winter will see great activity looking toward such an encounter.Grab's record In the last few months 'holds victories, among others, over Jack Dillon nnd Cat-tling Levins key, thn two ferocious light heavyweights. Dillon was Ecarcely able to lay a glove on the elusive Fitlsburger, while Levinskey w.is given the scrap of his eventful life.Greb recently made his first fight before a New York audience, and he sent them home marveling, after stopping Jack London in tke ninth round. The original match was with the Zulu KM. but he didn't •show *u;i and London was substituted.Awkward Style Grcb has an awkward, apparently clumsy, stylo In the ring. He flounders around pounding the air wilh hi3 fists, hut he has the knack of billing straight in spile of all his seeming inability to stand up straight. His method .of milling Is disconcerting to many of his op-p^nenls. Pittsburg goes cn masse to sec him fight and laughs at Itfa funny efforts, but is ready to mortgage everything and bet U on the favorite son when ho goes Into action—no matter who is selected lo oppose him.
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Des Moines Daily News
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Mon, Sep 24, 1917
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