WELLS'S DEFEAT
London, December 9 Carpentier is preparing to meet Gunboat Smith, the American heavyweight, for a purse of £2,000. at the Olympic Club in February or March. Well's sensational defeat was a great disappointment, and the consensus of general public opinion is that his career as a lirstcla'ss boxer is ended.' Carpentier has a brilliant future. Few heavy-weights ever possessed the same science and quickness, and he ought, considering his youthfulriess, to develop into one of the world's great fighters. The victory leaves no bitterness, as Carpentier's skill and pluck have made him as popular in England as in France. The keynote of the newspapers' comment is that Wells was suffering fronv nerves, and the fight was lost before he entered the ring. Sam Langford, in an interview in Paris, says: "Wells is no champion, and ought to be contented with giving exhibitions. The purse for the match was the biggest that had been forthcoming in Europe, amounting to over 1/2,000. , ,
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 12 December 1913, Page 3
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