BOXING.
WILLS BEATS WEIXERT. I (BI CABLE—PKESS ASSOCIITIOK—COFTSICKTt | (AVSTBALIAX AXD K.Z. CABLE ASSOCtATIOK.} | (Received July 3rd, 5.5 p.m ) \ : XEW YORK. Ja!v .' J ■ W ilia knocked out Weinori ia th 0 a coai t rCund of a. fifteen-round bout. - sfj (Received July 3rd, s.;js p:m.) t .NEW YORK, July _* 1 -Hairy Will*, the negro challenger foe-* Dcmpsey s t'rtle, knocked out Charier "Wei- J r.ert m the. second round of a scheduled at- 1 tocn-round fight. "Wills outclassed Weinert J irom the first bell, and the latter was anally g felled by a right upper-cut to the chic Pr»- J viously. "Wills sunk several migbtr "black- 1 &mith slams" wrist-deep in "vYeinert'j middle j taking the breath out of Weinert and maUax "I him gasp so violently that be could be heard "I ten rows from the ringside. Weinm nam J greatly distressed after the knock-out and ' was carried to Wills's comer, -where the s«t- J onds of both men worked over him. Will*. ] although warned before the fight against an 1 practice of hugging his man close with tfct J left and pounding the kidneys with his right. 2 soon had' recourse to this violent and painful j method, whereat Weinert screamed for the f referee and the crowd hooted. Weinert w»» 'j slugged out during the first round; and badly J punished throughout, AVills occasionally kit- •H tiug low, though warned. " ""! AMERICAN MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE. " 1 (Received July 3rd, 5.33 p.m.) -1 XEW YORK, Julv 2. > l Harry Greb retained the middle-wergfct 4 championship, defeating Mickey Walter. >| welter-weight champion, in a fiftcen-ronm! 3 fight, during which tho fortunes varied, bet M Ureb held the upper hand.. Greb had Walker a half unconscious on the ropes in the fo*r- j£ teenth round, and would have put him o«L -f but was too excited to deliver the finishing 1 blow. 1| Joe Lynch and Jack Sharkey fought a intiKi, | and Dava Shade knocked out Jimmy blatter? *jj hi the preliminaries. " * ' (biecter's ttlecbams.) 4 (Received July.3rd,' 5.35 p.m.) 'I SEW YORK, July -\ '] Tlie Greb-Walker bout was the most thrill- i* ing since Dempsey and Firpo fought at U» ?, same park two years ago. Greb nas tu« 3 aggressor tho major part o£ the way. Thtia S were no knock-downs. 3
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18425, 4 July 1925, Page 10
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