BOXING.
[Australian &, N.Z. Cable Association.] NEW YORK, Sept. 3. With their light only three weeks JUJ'ay, a great deal of interest is being centred in the trailing camps of Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. The champion’s quarters are tho scene of feverish activity, it being not unusual for Dempsey to knock out four sparring partners every day. Dempsey has announced that he now weighs 18!) pounds, and is making an effort to reduce for this fight. Gene Tunney tips the scale at 190' .pouuds and ho says th.it he will enter tho ring at his natural weight.
'flic champion is confident that he is fast enough for Tunney without being any lighter, and that he will he more effective in punching with the extra weight that lie will carry. Tunney, whom observers dedure to Ityive worked himself n bit fine, lias decided to intersperse a long period of rest with his work-outs, boxing only three Or four days a .week. The challenger believes that be will win within three rounds. The odds, however, are against him. They vary from eleven to five to two to one on Dempsey.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1926, Page 3
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188BOXING. Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1926, Page 3
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