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Turpin Favored To Defeat Humez in England Tonight TonightLONDON LONDON England June 8 UP Charles Humez of France vowed to knockout Britains Randy Turpin when they Theet for the worlds middle ¬ weight title at White City arena to ¬ morrow night nightOutside Outside Britain this is not considered a title fight but only a semifinal in the tournament to pick Sugar Ray Robinsons successor The winner is to fight the Paddy YoungBobo Olson Winner for the world championship championshipHumez Humez was irked by a last minute flood of support for the coffeecolored British slugger which drove the Frenchman down to an underdog underdogTurpin Turpin who celebrated his twenty fifth birthday a couple of days ago spent today at his Leamington Spa home eating 20 grapefruit his latest daily training fad He is coming down to London tomorrow for the weighin at promoter Jack Solomons gym ¬ nasium nasiumNeither Neither fighter has any weight wor ries Turpin Is right on the middle ¬ weight limit Humez who is 26 is sev ¬ eral pounds under and is being referred to by British experts as a builtup welterweight
