BOXING
DEMPSEY TRAINING TO FIGHT MISKE. (Rec. August 30, 5.5 p.m.) Benton Harbour, August 29. Dempsey, who is to tight Miske, declares that tbo latter is a dangerous rival, and he does not intend to he caught miprepnred. Dempsey is working unusually hard in order to regain tho form which won for him the world's ohampionship. Boxing experts do not consider Miske a 6erious opponent, pointing out that Dempsey has beaten him twice before. Miske's measurements are:—Height, Oft. lin.; chest, normal, !)9in.; chest, expanded, Win.; neck, lviin.; shoulders, 2fl}in.; waist, 83in.; biceps, 15 l-sin.; forearm, 131 in.; wrist. 7:} m.; thigh, 22Mn.; calf, 151 m.; ankle, 9in. His ago is' 2G. Generally, Miske is slightly larger than Dempsey.—Aus.-N.Z. Cnblo Assn. WORLD'S BANTAM-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. (Rec, August 30, 5.5 p.m.) New York, August 29. It is announced that o twenty-roun-l fight for tho bantam-weight championship of the world, between Wilde and Pete Herman, will be held in London on September 27. At Atlantic City, Ned Fitzgerald won his third viotory in a week when ho badly defeated Willie Curry in ;•.. fnst tenI'ound bout. Fitzgerald's victories include knock-outs of Georgo Pnpin and "Snider" Roach. It is expected that Fitzgerald will meet Johnny Kilbano shortly,—Aun.N.Z. Cable Assn,
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 289, 31 August 1920, Page 5
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203BOXING Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 289, 31 August 1920, Page 5
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