BOXING.
THE SIKI-CARPENTIER FIGHT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, Dec. 5. Siki, in an interview published bj' I’Eclair, alleged that it was arranged before the contest In September that Carpentier should defeat him. He entered the ring with the intention of dropping in the fourth round as instructed, but was ashamed' when on his knees before thousands of spectators, and therefore got up and hit. The Petit Parislen alleges that M. Daigne, the Senegalese Deputy, possesses proof that the result of the Sikl-Carpentier fight was prearranged. Paris, Dec. 6. It is stated that the Ministry of the Colonies has advised Slkl to return to Senegal.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1922, Page 3
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