BOXING GOSSIP

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 693, 19 June 1929, Page 13

BOXING GOSSIP

WHITE AND TAYLOR BOUT PROBABLE j * The arrangement o£ the next proI gramme to be staged by the Northern j Boxing Association is getting nearer 1 finality. j On Monday evening at Wellington, i Vic White. Tst Tib and Sst champion lof Australia, who arrived by the I Marama yesterday, win meet Cyril Hurtle and. if the Australian wins in all probability he will tight Frank Taylor in Auckland on July 1. White called at The Sun office yesterday and said he was in splendid 1 condition, lie is keen to win against | Hurne so that he can fight in this | city. Although he will enter the ring at no more than 7s 101 b, he is quite : content to meet any boxer who does ; not scale more than Sst Till. The little I champion should be a good match for i Taylor. Matt Hatton. Auckland featlier- • tveight. champion, is to fight Tommy i Donovan at New Plymouth on July 13. I in a 15-round bout for .£IOO and exI penses. Other associat ions have approached Hatton with a view to matching him with Donovan, but tho Aucklander has not yet aoccepted, as the purses and expenses offered have not been large enough to justify his journeying from Auckland. It is likely that Leslie will have a return bout with Donovan at Wanganui next month. The Aucklander is ] anxious to get a fixture with Donovan | and considers that he can beat the ! rugged Wait am fireman when next I they meet.