BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1923, Page 1

BOXING.

•aSTRAIiIAN AND N.'A. CAHI.E ARHOCTATION, WILDE BADLY BEATEN'. NEW YORK, Juno IS. Pniicho Villa, the Filipino, knocked out Jimmy Wilde in the seventh of u scheduled fiftecu-round bout. V ilia thus lms gained the world’s llv-weight ehnmpionshiw. The end came oiler n fjgH of the fiercest kind, in which A ilia scored by his superior speed in attack. Wilde, however, distinguished hi nisei t in defeat by sheer grit. V lien he stepped forth for the third round his nose was spouting blood, and belli Ins eyes were badly gashed, and were closing up, so that lie was unable to see lii.s adversary. Nevertheless, attains,the manager’s entreaties, V, ilde re-en-tered tilt' ring for the seventh round with his mind made up to go down fighting. Then a. left to the ear started him milling under Villa's pile-driving attacks, culminating in a right hook to the jaw. which floored Wilde, face downwards. Thereupon Wilde's seconds carried him out, thus dispensing with the necessity for a count. FIRPO WINS AGAIN. NEW YORK. .Tune 1- Q . At Mexico City, Firpo knocked out Jim Hibbard in the second of a twentyround bout.