SQUIRES RECKONED UP.

NZ Truth, Issue 108, 13 July 1907, Page 4

SQUIRES RECKONED UP.

Jimmy Britt's Opinion,

Jimmy Britt, the groat Califoiaiian light-weight, has been talking the "Chicago American." Here is »ftat toe says : — ; . ~:& v . . ■ sizes Bill Squires m- as a lemon misses his guess.' . •]; "I have boxod with him almost daily net?, since his- arrival herej ood

[while I am not rayeajtfso.'g attjrt&ins | that would injure his chances io a" light, I believe I can say a Unr things that will sot at rest DM*/; of the rumors which have been drifting through the columns of the papers down m "the Eastern section of the country, where "they have beau banded lemons so often that anything that does not bear an unquestionable approval stamp nowadays is looked at with more or less suspicion. "Squires is a fighter. Every inch 0£ him, every ounce of him, every nerve and muscle arse fighting material. "He is a fighter with more than, muscle and a frame to carry it. He is a bright clever fellow who can take care of himself, whether m an exchange of repartee or blows. "In> a rough-and-tumble figiht, I should say he is about THE NASTIEST' PROPOSITION' a man ever tackled ; m a. ring fight I look for him to show' something that will surprise the critics. ' -Some men rise to the top because opportunity is created for thenu Some comic up because they fight their wuy to the top. Some make the opportunity. Some make the opportunity and the fight. There is a distinction. "Squires has fought through the. ranks m Australia. He has whipped everything on two legs that was worth whipping m the continent across the Pacific "That he has not licked better men is because . there were no better . mert to lick. Had ■there been he would have licked them, or tried to. "Squires is a cool, level-headed, determined fighter. "He is aggressive, strong,' uses a clever left cleverly, and has an awful wallop m either hand. "His smashes start low and travel upward. He hits a kind of round, upper-cut that lands with all the lift of his body under it, and if vou want tto tonow, I Ib'eKev© iit is one 1 of the wicJced'est blows I have run across m many years. "Unlike, the English fighters, who spar at long range, this fellow likes ;.to pet m close and hammer away, at short ran^e. "He can stand a wallop that would stagger most men without batting an eyelid, and those short, ramming jolts of his that, start up from thei region of his hips and land m the body or face are > GOOD FOR THE COUNT any time they connect. "He tells me he has stalled m near--ly all his fights to give the crowd a .ru>n for their money, tSie promoters objecting to his short, sharp fights,. m which he puts bis men away mafew quick smashes ; but he says it' is hard for him to do this, as he is eager to fight when m the ring, and does not like to stall. I believe Jiim, because be is a modest fellow, and not a braggart. V I should say on wliat I have seen of him, and my knowledge of Burns, that he wtjuld be likely to whip Burns. "To begin with, I don't believe the C«n«'dian can hit hard enough to stagger this fellow, let alone knock him out, and if Squires finds that Burns can't hurt him, he won't do a thing but wade m and band it to him. There won't be much dpine: after that, for if those short arm jolts and straight lefts begin working effectively, Tommy Burns .will be on tha •carpet most of the time."