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Fridays CarterAraujo Bout Promises to Be Great Fight Both Have Knockout Power In Either Hand Challenger Expected to Rule Favorite FavoriteBy By STEVE SNIDER SNIDERUnited United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK N Y June 9 If light ¬ weight champion Jimmy Carter and classy George Araujo put on a television turkey Friday night theres no justice left for box ¬ ing fans across the nation nationThis This one figures to be a great fight but after GavilanDavey CarterTommy Col ¬ lins and MarcianoWalcott video viewers might he pardoned a slight skepticism over the collision of the worlds two top light ¬ weights at Madison Square Garden GardenEven Even the shrewdest matchmaker cant tell in advance whether any pair of fighters will give a great show on a given night But they can tell you what figures to be a dandy and this one figures figuresHere Here you have a hardhitting champion in his prime Carter against a sharpshoot ing challenger Araujo who can hit so well hell probably be favored at fight time as he is right now nowCarters Carters bad fights usually came when he was not at peak condition But for Araujo hell be in the greatest condition of his career with a training session extending from last March with only an eightday break after his 10 knockdown romp against Collins CollinsPressure Pressure Will Be On Araujo AraujoThe The one thing that could make it a slow fight for the average viewer is Araujos boxing finesse If he elects to make it a hit and run light as he probably will the nontechnical TV customers who glory in their kayos may have a beef but since Car ¬ ter is the man with the title the pressure is on Araujo to win it and thatll require some scrapping scrappingThe The stakes are high for both boys Carter only now is beginning to cash in on his title and at 29 with two youngsters he wont need any prodding to give it the 100 per cent effort Araujo isnt married but he liolds the lightweight record for de ¬ pendents pendentsSon Son of a Portuguese fisherman from the Cape Verde Islands Araujo is the chief hreadwinner Jor his parents and 10 as ¬ sorted sisters and brothers brothersAll All told there are 10 of us living in a house at Providence R I I bought from my ring earnings said George My father was injured in a stevedoring accident in 1947 and isnt able to work A big piece of timber hit him while he was on the docks docksBoth Both Carter and Araujo hit hard with either hand although Araujo originally was a southpaw and spent long hours learn ¬ ing how to switch to a righthanded stance stanceEither Either one can deli ver a kayo but chances Are this one will produce a meeting of skills rather than dynamite It promises to be a crackerjack for professional observers and just could be the best show of the year for everybody
