BOXING.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3436, 16 March 1920, Page 7

BOXING.

The Northern Boxing Association has arranged a match -between A. Lloyd. the Australian heavyweight champion, and Jim Tracey, to be fought at Auckland on March 22, for the Australasian championship and a purse of £3OO. Local connoisseurs .are of opinion that. this is a good match, By his defeat of Poinoley recently Tracey has earned the right to represent New Zealand in the championship claim, and“ on the performances of the two men there can be very little in merit between them. Just the other day Lloyd fought :1 draw with Cook in Sydney, while among Tracey’s performances is :1. win against Cook, and since then he has had considerable experience. including three recent fights in New Zealand, which experience has benefit-=.d him. He is quietly confident of his ability to win. Jack Johnson, former ch.—l-mpion heavyweight pugilist of the woi-Ll.

cabled froztx M";-:<ico on I+‘e‘uru:lr3' C-111,

he would arrive in New York the first week in March. He declared he was confident. he could arrange difl'(+,-Qllcrgs with the United Stat<-‘s District I\ttorney at Chicago S 0 that he Inight challenge Jack Dempsey, present -heavyweight chamDioll-

] YOUNG 808 FITZSIMMO,:\.'s_ , In Jersey City on January 27 young Bob Fitzsimmons, son of the former Worlds" heavyweight champion, s~,om-ed a decisive victory in his second 3;). ipearance in the ring. His oppfumnt‘ !Eddie West, of Newark, quit, in the seventh I'Ollll(l of an 9l§.,_"ll{‘»l'()lnld match after receiving 21 continu.l.l rain of blows. Fitzsimmong weigh.;;l 17111) and West 1631 b. :l Young. Bob engaged in his first Ti-81 contest almost thirt._V years after his famous father won the Illidd‘J?W(¥i:;‘;ll’ title from Jack Dempsey, the ‘-\;,m. pareil.” The young figliter H.w.(.\n-1,1-ed the former champion in the fdcp and by his clever footwork, but the similarity did not go as "far as his punches, which lacked force. E Fitzsimmons, who was in Splendid condition, forced the figlxritl:->2 at :1 ter. ‘rifle pace and sent in blows so .1ui(.,1.;. ,1y that West did not get :—=.. clnmc-1. io start a good punch, relying mai_nl_:' on ‘filild swings. These. were at-»i«..‘sily blocked or dodged.

JIMMY VVILDE IN A.-.\§131-UC.\_ l KNOCKS OUT ER'l‘{ji_ A At ,\lilwaukee on J'£lllll:’lr_\' :30 .Ti'nmy Wilde, the crack Ellglish Ilyv.’eig,}:!'. knocked out Mike Ertle in the tliir-rl round. The knock-out was as D‘,‘f3Ci.\' a one as was ever seen in :1 p‘.‘i'/.ering. Wilde, weighting but I:).'§{o I'o Ertle’s 1151 b, had been bo:<i.rl.g like the niasfer he is. slipping and :;l~:lr>-.<~'-~.m. ping‘ Ertlefs only punch m be ‘:'ezl'."(‘:-:3. :1 right cross, and in the tliird round Ertle, in his anxiety to land, overbalanced himself. \Vildel‘s thin little left arm sltot in with the snap of a 1-attleanuke e,tr‘:king. The punch caught E:-tie on the chin and sat him down flat on the floor. He tried to rise and fell on hls back. l That was all. It. was the first time [Ertle was ever stopped. um"! Wilr}<= has I‘egained the prestige he lmt when he was 0lltp0iI1‘r('(1 by the hi.«:;;mtlack Sllai-lie)’. .