JACK DEMPSEY AND SHARKEY TO MEET

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 7

JACK DEMPSEY AND SHARKEY TO MEET

FIGHTERS PREPARING VAST CROWD EXPECTED By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. NEW YORK, Tuesday. Dempsey and Jack Sharkey, who are scheduled to meet in a 15-round bout on July 21, to determine which will fight Gene Tunney next September, have begun active training. Dempsey is at a watering-place near New York and Sharkey at a local gymnasium. The ex-champion weighs about 14st 91b, and after preliminary training periods in the mountains on the Pacific Coast is said to be in fine condition.

Both fighters went through light sparring sessions yesterday and today, and during the week-end, they will take on heavier sparring partners.

It is expected that three weeks will be ample to put both in excellent shape. The fight, which will be held in an open-air arena within the city, is expected to draw.a crowd in excess of 90,000, and gate receipts of over 1,250,000 dollars. The price of a ringside seat has been fixed at 51 guineas.—A. and N.Z. PHIL SCOTT BEATS CHARLES By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Tuesday. In the 15 rounds residential European heavy-weight boxing championship Phil Scott (Britain) defeated Pierre Charles (Belgium) on points.— A. and N.Z. OUT IN FIRST ROUND By Cable. — Press Association.—Copyright NEW YORK, Monday. Paul Berlenbach, ex-llght-heavy-weight champion boxer of the world, knocked out Charles Rammell, of Austria, in the first round of a contest at New York. The bout was to have gone 10 rounds.—A. aftd N.Z.