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FITZIE PRUDEN The hard-hitting Canadian welterweight takes on champion Kid Gayilan in a ten-round bout at Indianapolis, Ind., tonight. . Gavilan and Pruden In TV Bout Tonight Champ Two-to-One Favorite Over Canadian Rival; Record Indiana Crowd Is Expected By ED SAINSBURY United Press Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 27. Welterweight champion Kid Gavilan figured today all he has to do to protect his "payday" title battle with Gil Turner in Philadelphia in July is to dodge some right hands thrown by Fritzie Pruden tomorrow night. Gavilan, who has held the world 147 pound championship for one year and two days, will tangle with the St. Catherine, Ont., battler in a television spectacle in the coliseum which is expected to draw a record gate for Indiana. A victory for Pruden possibly could prevent completion of arrangements for Gavi-lans third title defense, against the youthful and undefeated Turner, tentatively slated for July 7. Certainly should Pruden win, the gate for the Gavilan-Turner show could be cut considerably. "Prudens a good fighter," Gavilan said, as he. wound up his training with limbering up exercises. "He can box," he said, shifting ard bobbing to demonstrate his foes prowess, "and hes got a good left hand. He can hit pretty hard. "I dont know about his right hand," he said. "I never take any chances with right hands." Beat Pruden Year Ago Gavilan and Pruden met once previously, in Milwaukee a year ago, when the champion won a 10-round split decision. "Im going to win this," Gavilan said, "but I think itll be a good fight. And maybe Ill fight him a little different this time." Gavilan was a two to one favorite, but Pruden anticipated he could make the odds-makers look silly. "I can be a spoiler for that big gate," he said, "and I think I found out enough fighting him before to beat him this time." The battle caused one change in Indianas boxing rules. The old foul rule, which permitted the referee to award the decision to the offended party, will be thrown out and the offender will be penalized by loss of the round only. This conforms to the rule in force in most other states. Promoter Bob Wormser expected a crowd around 10,000 with a gross gate of about 0,000, and Dick Pride, chairman of the state boxing commission, said the scrap would set new records for Indiana in both departments. Both Gavilan and Pruden will receive 25 per cent of the net gate plus ,500 from the television receipts. The participants were in action by courtesy of the International Boxing Club, which contracted with Wormser to help get the fighters and permitted him to put the show on for television. TBC will receive the television receipts and pay the fighters their share of the video money, but otherwise will not share in the gate.
