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Married. Jimmy McLarnin, 28, twice Welterweight Boxing Champion of the World; and Lillian Cupi,. Vancouver schoolteacher, his childhood sweetheart; in Vancouver...
...defense of it. Said he: "I think Ambers remembered the sparring partner days and that affected him psychologically. . . . I'll fight any challenger the Commission wants me to." Observers expected him to hold the title until Barney Ross, scheduled for a title bout with Welterweight Champion Jimmy McLarnin next week, considers it worth while to train down to the weight (135 lb.), take it away again...
Welterweight. Bernard Rossofsky (Barney Ross) won the welterweight title from Jimmy McLarnin last June. They signed for a return match. Scheduled for last fortnight, the fight was postponed by rain. Next day, Ross rested. McLarnin continued training. It rained again, caused another postponement. When rain caused a third postponement. Ross demanded a week's delay to celebrate Rosh haShanah. Last week both fighters resumed training, weighed in for the fourth time. Rain caused a fourth postponement. Two days later, on a cold cloudy evening, they climbed through the ropes of Madison Square Garden's Long Island City ring...
...good fight but not quite as exciting as the crowd had hoped. McLarnin, with neither prestige nor a title to gain by winning, had not fought for more than a year. Planning to retire after a few more bouts, he boxed skillfully but without enthusiasm. Ross, protecting his chin with his right shoulder, pecked...
...McLarnin's face with his right hand. In the fifth round the crowed booed McLarnin for hitting low. In the ninth McLarnin caught Ross off balance with a right to the chin and knocked him down. Just before the bell, Ross floored McLarnin with a left to the jaw. After the 15th, at the end of a close, clever, almost even fight, McLarnin trotted to his corner, prepared to execute the handspring with which he customarily celebrates a victory. Referee Eddie Forbes walked across the ring to the opposite corner, raised Ross's hand. First lightweight champion...