BOXING.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. Wl I.t.ARD-FIR.I’O Fit HIT. XFW YORK. .Tilly 12. According to Tex Rickard's estimate, nine thousand spectators will wiiiie--the Willsrd-Firpo light to-night and outnumbering the Demp.-ey-l arpoutici gate. All (lie re-erved seats have been sold, and thousamls of people are waging around the Stadium in Jersey City fer the opening of tie unreserved sale. A large contingent ot Firpo s supporters have arrived from Argentine while the tom lias drawn eiuwds from all over the country. Owing to the weight, of the lighters ami the referee aggregating (id!) pounds the ring Ilfs been . lein I’m red.
Doth lighters declare the usual confidence of outcome. Firpo is par! i-'ii-larlv nptimistie. saving that lie knots tJiat In' can knock out Willard.
Spi ting ei'i'y.C'. get,.-'rally, lavotir fSirpii. on the ground that \\ ill.ird is too old and slow to withstand such punches im the younger mail is capable l>f.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1923, Page 3
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151BOXING. Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1923, Page 3
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