BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 49, 18 July 1914, Page 7

BOXING.

dAUv dOHNSON AND SAM LAXcKOK!) Ti J;i<k Johnson ami Sam had mot two years the match would have been talked about Irrai pole to pole. They art; to meet in October, it the (manual arrangements can he made. Johnson lo receive .£(HiOO and ."Ml per ■ rent, of the cinematograph receipts. VVlicn such a num could be dohiiMin for a mak'h with M'trau. a nun with an inferior rim; record, it mvuis .1 .good proposition to give him tlm same amount for a contest with 15ut it is a tremendous sum tor oni- man in a boxing contest to receive, win. 10-e. or draw. The price set by Tommy liiirns was high, mil 1 .lack Johnson seems able ! o keep il at the mark. Ib-peits to the effect- that Sam T.angtord has gone oil' may or may not he correct. His defeat. of Joe Jcanettc recently in Paris would not inilieale that lie had deteriorated to any extent, l.angford is said to be only '2B years of age. whereas John-oii is ;tli. Eight years a«o. lie me! Johnson in a l. r > rounds limit, when the older man was awarded the verdict on points. Johnson never look on the "Tar liaby" again, though be was matched to meet him at the National Sporting 'Chili, London, for a purse of I Johnson hroke the coiypa.-l, | and came to Australia to win the i World's Championship from Tommy i r.iirns. i liilly Murphy. who is ji years of age, ■ apparently thinks he can slili make good. i 'The ex-world's feather-weight champion ! writes from Auckland to the Sydn-'.. I Itefercc. oll'eiing to meet Ted (been or : Hock Kcycs in the Dominion. There is, 1 however, no prospect of l»illv's wisher, ■ being realised, ! '