THE BOXING RING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 522, 27 November 1928, Page 11

THE BOXING RING

Notes From Far and Near

By

"LEFT COUNTER"

Prepared to meet any middle-weight in New Zealand, Clarrie Pocock, of Christchurch, is looking for matches. He would like to meet Eddie Parker for the light-heavy-weight title, to which Parker is glued. One day Tex Rickard is positive that Jack Dempsey will fight again, but the next day he is not quite so sure. Rickard is the world’s best at keeping the public guessing as to what is really in his mind. * * * If a return bout is arranged it is hardly likely that Jack Thompson will repeat the performance and knock out Joe Dundee in the second round again. In 1926 Eddie Roberts polished off Dundee in one round, but in the return bout the following year Dundee turned the tables decisively. Who Will Be Champion? Where is the prophetic wizard who can name the heavy-weight champion of 1930? asks an American scribe. Who ever thought Gene Tunney would become tlie fistic monarch when Harry Greb so brilliantly outboxed him? Who ever dreamed that Mickey Walker, after losing the welter title to Latzo, would win the middle-weight championship the same year?

Auckland’s Good Bout Next Monday evening Tommy McInnes and Billy Harms will battle in the Town Hall, and a great fight is promised- Harms has not yet been seen in action on this side of the Tasman, but the reports of his fights on the other side show him to be a real two-handed fighter, able to mix it with the best. Mclnnes has proved himself in this city already, and needs no introduction. He has established himself a firm favourite, and his followers look to him to draw the big end of the purse once again. Mclnnes is training at Matt Hatton’s gymnasium in the Y.M.C.A., and Harms is at the City Fire Station gym. The amateur preliminary bouts arranged are: Light-weight. Leslie v. Karim: bantam, R. Purdie v. Pooley: Davies v. Johns; heavy, Clifford v. Mullins.

It is reported from the South that HaiTy Casey left for Sydney last Friday. * * * A group of boxing enthusiasts down in Waimate have applied for permission to form an association. * * * “The Big Fight,” Jack Dempsey’s stage play, is to be translated into French and in France Carpentiei' will ' fill the role that Dempsey has in America. Three of the leading English promoters are trying to get Frankie Genaro, recognised in most of the States as the world’s fly-weight champion, to go to England to meet Johnny Hill, but the American manager is against the proposal, unless a big guarantee is made and an impartial referee obtained. * * * It is on the cards that three English champions will visit Australia very shortly. Teddy Baldock. bantam, Jack Hood, welter, and Harry Corbett, feather, were all after matches with the holders of the world titles in their respective divisions, but negotiations fell through, and they are now considering a trip to the Antipodes.

Turkey Adopts Boxing In the last few years boxing has gained much in popularity, and many countries have taken the game to heart. Turkey is the latest country to adopt the noble art, and Ivemal Pasha, President of the Turkish Republic, is fostering the sport. Realising that sport plays a big part in the life of a modern country, and in building up the young men of a nation, he is encouraging such sports as boxing, football and tennis. As Turkey has produced some fine wrestlers in the past, there should soon be some fine Turkish boxers appearing in the ring.

Taylor’s Great Chance Frank Taylor, the clever little Auckland boxer, has a great chance to prove himself on December 10, when he substitutes for Johnny Leckie against McAllister at Wellington. The Aucklander proved that he was equal to the best flyweights in Australia when he went so close to beating Teddy Green, who is easily king-pin of the Australians. Now Taylor will be meeting the ban-tam-weight champion, and he has a great chance of showing what he can ao against me best in the heavier division. McAllister’s second fight will be with Tommy Griffiths.