KISSING PROHIBITED
BOXERS MUST SHAKE HANDS"
INSTEAD.
(DXITED TRESS iSSOCIATIOJi.—COPYRIGHT.)
(SYDNEY SUN CABLE.) (Received 22nd January, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 21st January. The practice of French boxers resoundly kissing the cheeks of opponents before and after a fight has been prohibited, the Boxing Federation decreeing that it be replaced'by handshakes on the grounds that kissing is unhygienic and contrary to decorum.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 18, 22 January 1924, Page 7
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60KISSING PROHIBITED Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 18, 22 January 1924, Page 7
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