Word: welterweights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since the last defense of his lightweight (1351bs.) title 17 months ago, Champion Ike Williams has been barnstorming in the welterweight (147 lbs.) division, where there is more moneymaking competition. Last week, forced to make a title defense, Williams picked out a likely pushover named Jimmy Carter (who had lost two of his three 1950 fights), then set about shedding some 15 lbs. of surplus weight. Ike, normally known as a smart operator, made two mistakes: 1) the extra weight that came with easy pickings and age (27) was not so surplus, and 2) Carter was no pushover...
Pride of Cuba By trouncing Charley Fusari in March, Chicago's Johnny Bratton inherited Sugar Ray Robinson's world welterweight (147 lb.) title in the 47 states ruled by the National Boxing Association. But the New York State Athletic Commission figured it had a strong candidate for the title right in its own backyard: Cuba's (and Harlem's) Kid Gavilan, 25, winner of eight straight fights and one of the few boxers who ever stood up to Sugar Ray for a full 15 rounds. Last week in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, Bratton...
...satellites who did appear did well. Hungary finished third (after Italy and Germany), and Poland's Zygmunt Chychla won the welterweight crown. The biggest loser was Tourney Director Eduardo Mazzia, who hadn't known the Russians were only shadow boxing. He had to pick up the hotel tab for the 28 boxers and trainers who had stayed in Minsk...
Boxing (Fri. 10 p.m., ABC radio & NBC-TV). Welterweight championship fight: Johnny Bratton v. Kid Gavilan...
...Lightweight Champion Ike Williams, over sixth-ranked Welterweight Fitzie Pruden, a unanimous ten-round decision in a warmup for his title defense against James Carter next month; in Chicago...