BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1924, Page 3

BOXING.

lUBTHALIAN AND N. 7.. CAULK ASSOCIATION

COOK ENABLE TO AIKKT HKKNKY

'Received this day at y a.in.) LONDON. August It). Cook is -tillering from a painttil swelling on the right biceps and is unable to meet llceitcy. PARIS. August 10.

In a twenty round contest tor the lightweight championship ol Knrope the l''reuehman. Hritotmel. beat the Belgian, Germain in the thirteenth round, the loser being disqualified for abandoning witbout adequate cause. LOC K K v. K VANS. SYDN’KY. August 10. |.'rat.k I ocke defeated Charlie Evans o upoints, after twenty hard gruelling rounds. IRISH OLYMPIAD BOXING. At the Tailteami boxing contests in Dublin in the feather-weight. Oliver (England) knocked out AlcEeaii; in the light-weight Purdio (New Zealand) lie at O' Haiirahau ; the heavy-weight was won by O Driscoll (Ireland). ,jatdine (Australia) being disqualified for holding. In the light-weight final, l’urdio won from O’Dwyer (Ireland). DKM PSKY'S INTENTIONS. NEW YORK. Aug. !». A message from Los Angelos states Dempsey has received a tempting offer to go to London to meet Him Gibbons. The offer is too good to ignore. Dompsev start' training on Monday to try and <*et into condition by Oetolior, to accept either the English oiler, nr meet the winner of the Wills-Firpo clash.