BIG FIGHT STOPPED
•JOHNSON v. WELLS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, September 20. Mcintosh had received a cablegram that the Johnson-Wells fight has been abandoned, and that. Johnson is sailing for Australia. JOHNSON TO RETIRE. London, .September 28. An injunction asked for to restrain •Johnson appearing el-cwlierc than at Birmingham on Monday was refused. Five defendants at How Street Court gave an undertaking not to box in the British Isles. The summonses were thereupon withdrawn. Johnson announces thai after finishing his present contracts in England lie will permanently retire as heavy-weight champion of the world, lie states that the decision is not connected with the Wells contest, as he had decided to retire even if the Wells contest had come off.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 85, 30 September 1911, Page 5
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120BIG FIGHT STOPPED Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 85, 30 September 1911, Page 5
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