Cecil Payne was an extremely active boxer, in and around the top level, in the 1930s Lightweight scene. He fought Tony Canzoneri three times, and also scored draws and wins against Boxers such as Chalky Wright and many others. He was a noted Boxer competing out of Louisville, Kentucky. This is another of my pet threads for compiling info on obscure Boxers.
Boxing Shows Its Better Side In Payne Benefit Tonight By LARRY BOECK It could happen only in the fight racket, where a curious chemistry of the passions blends charity and malevolence, sentimental-ism and callousness, nobleness and baseness. Tonight, boxing reveals itself in one of its more sublime aspects when Joe Paglina steps into the ring as a referee on the Cecil Payne Benefit Show. Back in the mid-1930's, Paglina and Payne were antagonists, with Payne twice knocking out Paglina. Now Payne is desperately ill and Paglina is one of the old timers in the mitt colony eager to help. Paglina will referee one of the amateur bouts on the 8 p.m. Shawnee Post American Legion show. Other old-time fighters who'll be third men in the ring are Walter '"Soldier Buck" Buckrop, Jimmy Dell Lovell, Henry Firpo and Wishy Jones. A couple of kids to watch tonight at the Legion Post (28th and. Main) are the Watson brothers, sons of ex-pugilist Reece Watson, Sr. . . . Reece, Jr., is 12 and at that tender age hast had 54 amateur fights winning 47. , . . Eight-year old Donnie Reece has triumphed in nine of 10 bouts. Leaving tonight for New Orleans are welterweight Rudell Stitch and Manager Bud Bruner. Stitch fights No. 6-ranked middle weight Holly Mims Monday night in the Mardi Gras city. Some observers have questioned the wisdom of highly-ranked welter Stitch meeting middleweight Mims, giving away around eight pounds. Says Bruner: "If this was Just another fight, we wouldn't have taken it. However, if Stitch wins, we could set up a big pay-day in New Orleans in a return fight with Ralph Dupas (highly-ranked welter whom Stitch recently decisioned here). "The promoter in New Orleans believes the Dupas-Stitch fight would be a natural for Sugar Bowl week. Especially if it's the first to break the color line a Negro against a white. New Orleans appears ready for such a fight. "If Rudell loses, his ranking won't be affected much not as a welter fighting a leading middleweight. 'If he wins, there's another angle: Mims has split trio fights with Spider Webb. In early December Webb will fight Gene Fullmer for the middleweight title. And if Webb wins, why, we have a good argument to ask him to fight Stitch for the title. The way things are going, we won't get a look at the welter title for a long while, "Outside of all this, we took the Mims fight because Mims is a natural middleweight, weighing 155. He's a light-middleweight at that. And he hasn't scored many knockouts. So, all-in-all, we figure it's a good fight for Stitch."
Had to type this one myself since the text scanner was faulty. _____________________ DECEMBER 5. 1959 Payne, 53, Dies, Was Ring Great By LARRY BOECK Cecil Payne, one of Louisville's all-time Boxing greats, died here yesterday at 53. He died as he had lived - and he lived without once, say friends, ever having fought a bad fight. Payne fought his lengthy illness as hard and with as much determination and courage as he ever had fought an opponent. And during his featherweight-lightweight career he encountered some of the ring's best. Top Ring Product Payne died of leukaemia. The illness had hospitalized him about five months ago. He was the father of two sons and a daughter, the youngest five years old. The Louisville Boxing colony, which in late October had held a boxing benefit for him, regarded Payne as one of the more outstanding ring products of the area. "Payne answered the bell to more than 200 fights in a span of 14 years," recalled Toad Franklin, former fighter and promoter, "He won 85 percent of his fights and was knocked out only twice. "His style was unique and colorful. He was a master of deception, with plenty of speed and body rhythm. "He fought five world champions in 11 overweight matches. He won four of those bouts. "He never fought a bad fight in his life." Oldtimers remember that Payne fought the great Tony Canzoneri, the Featherweight champion who hit like a Heavyweight, three times. Payne dropped two decisions and was stopped once by Canzoneri. Other ring standouts Payne fought were Freddy Miller (a feather champ), Battling Battalino, Tod Morgan, Bushy Graham, and others. Payne twice beat feather champ Battalino, defeated bantam titlist Graham and junior lightweight king Morgan. Fought To Draw Payne, who died at 11:15 a.m. at Veterans Hospital, Boxed in the late 1920's and early 1930's. He fought his last match in October, 1937, at the Armory in Louisville, drawing with Lousivillian Wishy Jones. Payne lived at 920 S. 32nd St., and for the last several years before his illness operated the Cecil Payne Tavern at 1010 S. 32nd. He is survived by his wife, June; a sone, Donald, 31, of Arlington, Va.; a son, Vaughn, 8; a daughter Cecilia Ann, 5; a brother, Arnold Payne of Las Vegas, Nev., and five sisters -- Mrs. Christa Powell of Nashville, Mrs. Awby Sadler of Glasgow, Ky.; Mrs. Edward Nicholson of Louisville; Mrs. Harry W. Polston of Louisville, and Mrs. Louis Hazel of Louisville. Funeral services are 8:30 a.m. Monday, at the Owen Funeral Home, 2611 Virginia Ave. Burial will be at his birthplace in Orlinda, Tenn, at 2:30 p.m. Monday. 1959-12-05 Cecil PAYNE - Newspapers.comv
NO GLASS IN THIS PAYNE But Cecil Payne is shown in the glass practising an orthodox style of boxing. Payne, who boxes Eddie Mack at the Olympic Tuesday night, is as unorthodox in style as Bushy Graham. Mack, on the other hand, had a system from which he never varies -- a book fighter. [Image linked below] https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=0&id=379963013&width=557&height=1211&crop=764_215_2177_4823&rotation=0&brightness=0&contrast=0&invert=0&iat=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM3OTk2MzAxMywiaWF0IjoxNjE1Mzc5NDU0LCJleHAiOjE2MTU0NjU4NTR9.-XQhsg5cTyw-eUfocDGMei5Hi5PGajQX47nF1k4BX1g&ts=1615379454
