BRITISH BOXER'S BRIGHT PROSPECTS

Chronicle (Levin), 15 April 1946, Page 7

BRITISH BOXER'S BRIGHT PROSPECTS

LONDON, A ] > ri 1 12. Not since Toniniy Earr weiit to the Onitcd States iu 1937 to light -loe l.ouis has so nuich inlerest been takou iu a l'.ritisli heavy weight as is now being t onceiil rated on Bruce Woodcock, Ihe P.rilish and Kinpire (dianipion. Woodcock has left England by air to liglit Tatai Maurielio, the New \ork ltalian, in New York, on May 12. .V con\iii'*iug uin would put hini in line for the world rliHiiipionship liglit with the winner of the ,Joe Lnuis-Billy Conn tighl, wliicli is Ji.xed for .luiio 1!'. t'ritics declare that tio boxer has |efi i'.ritain for years witli brighter pros jiects | lian Woodcock, w ho is regarded as the liesl coinbinat ioti of a heavyweight boxer and liglit er tliat Britain has had for a long tinie. Woodcock is a 25 \ ea r old Yorkshire lad w ho w orks i u a raiiway slioji and who has juniped

— i i .i .ii -i froni obscurily to world faine witli 21 lighls in four years. It is said of hini that lie conibines the skill of lioxers like Billv Wells and Lddie I'hillips witli the punehing power of «loe Beekell and Jack I'etersen. liis weight is 1,'ist. !)lb. and lie is (ift. A i ii. tnll. lie is ti son of an old Ariuy b'oxing chainpion and he liad his lirst liglit when lie was eight years old. It is c*st imatcd' that lie has already w on £30,000. Woodcock plans to get married on his reliirn to England. liis next liglit after his return froni tio: United Stales w'rll bo with Jolinuv Mills. of the Royal Air Force, for the British heavywcight cdianipiouship on .Tune 4.