BRAINS RATHER THAN BRAWN
Every now and again someone comes forward to challenge the well-proven axiom of the boxing ring that brains count for more than brawn. And almost invariably the challenger leaves the ring—or is carried from it —a wiser, if wealthier, man. Tony Galento, who was technically knocked out by the American negro heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, in New York this week, may console himself with the knowledge that he is in numerous company. This prodigious but inexpert “poolroom” fighter has discovered what the giant Italian, Camera, discovered in 1934, and what—to name only one other—a ferocious Argentinian, Firpo, discovered when he met Jack Dempsey in 1923; he has discovered that muscle and confidence are only two championship requirements. It is as well that, periodically, this truth should be demonstrated, for it is one of tbe foundations of civilized sportsmanship. If men whose records show them to be merely strong and aggressive were to win and hold the great titles of pugilism, it would mean a devolution of sporting ideals, the ill-effect of which would be far-reaching.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 234, 1 July 1939, Page 10
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