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Martinez Favored to Defeat Pellone in TV Battle Tonight j I Young Jersey Welterweight Has Record of Eight Kayos In Last Nine Engagements EngagementsBy By TIM MORIABTY MORIABTYUnited United Press Sports Writer WriterNEW NEW YORK N Y May 1 One of the most promising knockout artists in the game young Vince Martinez of Paterson N J meets veteran Tony Pellone tomorrow night in a 10round bout at St Nicholas arena arenaMartinez Martinez who win be only 23 years of age next Monday is a fastrising welter ¬ weight with a record of eight knockouts in his last nine fights fightsVinnie Vinnie is one of the few fighters around who can take out a man with one punch according to his manager Tex Pelte And the records prove it Martinez has had only two fights this year and both wound up with the New Jersey youngster standing over his prone opponent opponentHe He knocked out Marid Marino in six rounds earlier this year and later posted another sixround kayo over tough Sal DeMartino Vinnies threeyear pro record stands at 22 victories in 23 fights 13 of them on knockouts knockoutsFour Four Straight in Comeback Pellone in the midst of a ring comeback after being inactive for a yearx should provide Martinez with his stiffest opposi ¬ tion thus far The Greenwich Village toughie has won four straight fights in a comeback campaign and isnt easily cowed cowedThey They said I was crazy to take this Mar ¬ tinez Pellone said as he completed train ¬ ing But I feel better now than Ive felt in two years The rest and good behavior have got me back backDespite Despite Martinezs excellent kayo record Tony claims the New Jersey slugger really hasnt met any strong opposition oppositionThe The only guy he licked as I figure it was DiMartino Pellone drawled Sure hes won over Red DeFazio and Gary Maco but hes not fighting those kind of guys when hes up against me Hell have to knock me out to win winThat That could take some doing Pellone has been stopped only three times in 70 fights And before his oneyear retirement the New Yorker won over such classy fighters as Billy Graham Charley Fusari and John ¬ ny Greco GrecoMartinez Martinez has developped a large follow ¬ ing in his native New Jersey and most of of them have hired buses for the short trek across the Hudson River to watch their idols national television debut debutThe The fight scheduled for 10 p m EDT will be televised by the National Broad ¬ casting Company and broadcast by the Mutual Broadcasting System
