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Pair of Knockout Specialists Battle on Television Tonight Lausse Varona to Trade Punches in Ten Rounder At St Nicholas Arena ArenaBy By EARL WRIGHT WRIGHTUnited United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK N Y May 6 Eduardo KO Lausse of Argentina is favored at 8 to 5 to defeat Chico Varona Cubas welterweight champion in a 10round fight between knockout specialists Friday night at St Nicholas Arena Between them the two foreign fighters have knocked out 71 rivals in 120 fights Lausse has scored 38 knockouts and Varona boasts 33 33Both Both Have Impressive Records RecordsEach Each comes into the nationally televised and broadcast bout with an impressive rec prd in his last 15 fights The 26yearold Lausse has won his last 15 14 by knock ¬ outs The 25 yearold Varona has won 14 of his last 15 11 by knockouts knockoutsLausse Lausse is not ranked among the top 10 middleweight contenders but is regarded as one of the best fniddleweights ever de ¬ veloped in South America AmericaHe He first came to the United States in 1953 and won his four previous starts in this country He knocked out Johnny Darby Gus Mell and Tommy Smith and decisioned Jesse Turner in his last appear ¬ ance on April 12 12The The Argentinian weighed 160 pounds when he won a 10rounder from Turner Lausses overall record shows 47 victories two draws and five losses in 54 profes ¬ sional bouts boutsVarona Varona who won the Cuban welter ¬ weight crown by knocking out Sixto Gon zales in three rounds last summer has fought twice this year scoring knockouts over Willie Gray and Joe Shaw He ranks seventh among the contenders for the world welterweight title titleVarona Varona scaled 149 pounds against Shaw on March 20 The Cuban lad can weigh in at anywhere from 147 to 153 so his tussle with Lausse has ben billed as a middle ¬ weight test Varonas overall record shows 53 victories and 13 losses in 66 fights fightsBoth Both Varona and Lausse have had a bout with world welter king Kid Gavilan of Cuba and each lost on a decision decisionBoth Both also tried other trades before turn ¬ ing to boxing Lausse worked in a shoe factory and played professional soccer be ¬ fore deciding to concentrate on boxing and the tango Varona was a mechanic before he switched to boxing
