BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1922, Page 5

BOXING.

BECKETT-COOK MATCH. CARPENTIER'S VIEWS. A BATTLE OF TEMPERAMENTS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 19, 5.5 p.m. London, March 18. Beckett is suffering from influenza, and his fight with Cook will probably be post-poned.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received March 19, 11.30 p.m. London, March 18. Carpentier, on being invited to discuss the Beckett-Cook match, writes that Cook fe not a great boxer. He has much to learn, but he is like iron and has immense courage. You have to hit him as if you would kill him before he goes down and be counted out. Beckett will find Cook no punishing boxer, but one with a heart that is hard to break. “I do not think,” adds Carpentier, “that mere fistic skill will decide the [issue. It will be a'battle of temperaments. Beckett, when he enters the ling gives himself up to that kind of self analysis which breeds doubt in oneself. If Beckett is not concerned with what the people are saying and thinking about him. he should beat the Australian, but if Beckett grows tired of hitting Cook, and begins to wonder why the Australian does not go down, he will lose.”—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BELL v. HEENEY. Brisbane, March 17. Boxing at Mackay, Colin Bell defeated Tom Heeney on points in twenty rounds. CARPENTIER v. NILLES. Paris, March 17. Carpentier will fight Nilles in June. DEMPSEY CHALLENGED. New. York, March 17. Edward Lewis world’s champion wrestler, to-day challenged Jack Dempsey for a mixed match. The challenge was made by an announcement that Lewis’ manager had deposited 5000 dollars as a guarantee that he would meet Dempsey. Jack Kearns, manager, to-night declared that Dempsey was ready to meet Lewis on whatever basis he suggests. MATCHES IN AUSTRALIA. Received March 19, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, March 19. At the Stadium Sid Godfrey (9.75) defeated Billy McCann (9.8 J of America, on points in a twenty-round bout. It was very one-sided, Godfrey inflicting severe punishment upon the visitor and winning practically every round. Received March 19, 5.5 p.m. Brisbane, March 19. Harry Holmes and Archie Bradley (9.12) fought a clever twenty-round drawn battle. Received March 19, 5.5 p.m. Melbourne, March 19. Bert McCarthy beat Louie Garcia on points in twenty rounds.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.