BOXING.
fliY TET.F.ORAPH—rEU TRUSS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON. Jan. 13. The English featherweight champion Johnny Curdy, heat Bugler Lake in the fourth round, the referee interfering, NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Micky Walker demands a purse of one hundred thousand dollars for the title against Tom .Milligan, the English champion. Jack Kearns', his manager, announced this on Wednesday, following a report from Aberdeen thatDavid Smith, a promoter, had offered the American fourteen thousand if ho will fight in Edinburgh. LONSDALE BEIN' MATCHES. M LONDON. Jan. l-L.-J Lord Lonsdale is completing nrrangjH ments whereby Lonsdale Belt will Ik* thrown open to the worldSP stead of being confined to the Ernpmq This, it is expected, will revolutionise the existing conditions of l>oxng and will prevent a champion retaining the title through years of Inactivity. The champion will be obliged to meet at least one challenger annually. The new conditions will also (>e the means of reducing commercialism which, at present is largely governing boxing.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1926, Page 2
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159BOXING. Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1926, Page 2
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