BOXING.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 182, 8 April 1915, Page 3

BOXING.

j - -.*•» THE NEW CHAMPION. I'liti- new v/Oi'kl 's chanr|>ion is • vi-.inr. *i feet (j inches in height. ;'s ? -. JT.stonp awh'V ntrvaul cendi" ti'-ns""a"/m about' TOst 71b in, the lliija i'.j.e showed consicleruble promise wheii ■'•first "discovered'''' throe years ago. being'fast^i'h'spite of bis bulk, and luiv- : <\>;; :\ g /'<('! punch in either band. He has riot "had a great deal of ring experience, however, and Americarfight "fans." were hklinefl to ridicule the' nrai'tir-. • >:iw::e ''&s■'■ t!;wsi that the-big. negro cou.i'.t-Jjs-ut a ,AYJ3&!c '!■••>;,mful of W-llards. ~ _ ~_.... 'This impression arose from the fac-t-hat WHhVrd -was Vioat'en is fifi.-TJf!:s. age by Givnboat Sm ftti? WlW : h€i sfftVoM.ec "defeated by Carpentier a-i.i Lnngford That iuatch'\vent- th.'e*''fleoi.s k ib'if being given on points. Since the? WillafefMhrs 1 ofily : "met ; Art liV ' Le!icy': Si-.ilbr White, and Soldier Caini3, a! about fifth-raters. He uefeated tl:er. ali. b'nT"v."hii( r 7t \\"as"aHSeTied that be wrmhl give.better men ,< clmnci; to inc-c:. him irel"of (f 1 i*"s'"illat «-b^w'fW7' > : a ;:s.en, b<; t-rat needed experic'.'ce .might com< f v. bj's way, he has obstinately refused to liioet any. caallengeis since a!.:e was first arraiiged six months <u;o. 1 leek Curley, Wiilnrd's manager who arranged tbe 'mat'eh. \\as quite"""'cofifi(ieiif of- his protege's irbiliiy" to* m.e.tch, declaring tha'h Mn addiiion io ■being taller, heavier, and" longer ie \' ■ v C :\ c 1) 'liian *■' tbe ■" ueg'!'o ?'• 11 0" 'coriM ■' apfsiiril I'--ate- unlimited hard Aima.rently Carley was not far wrong in:bls -^umiliary of the situation. '■'-. - Though defeated/ Johnson will make a good thing out of the fight, for the conditions provided that he should get 8.1.000 dollars, win or lose, together with 50 per cent, of thePpicture rights, which will be worth an enormous sain, seeing that the h'ght ' went 'so many ro:mds, and. tiiat. the white,. rcun';;WGif; The })re]i.minary agro.eme.nt : pro.yid-ed that-the light Jiot, .less than :20 - .'or more than 45 rounds. Joltason has not had ,a fjeri,oUc ,-fight ■sii.ee he beat Jeffries five years ago. and' his age —he is now 37=—must have; told its tale in the battle with so husky a giant as Willard. He has not lived the life which would keep a man in the best condition, while his more youthful opponent has been under a strict and careful regime.