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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13522, 2 November 1911, Page 6

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HEAVY LIVING TELLS THE STORY.

Jack Johnson Unfit To' Fight.

NEWYOEK,; October 28. Following upon other announcements regarding the poorness- of Jack Johnson’s Condition aiid his inability to take part in a strenuous contest, ■ Manty Cutler, one of. the champion’s; sparring partners in England, declares that Johnson knows he has gone back so far as to be - unable to defeat a really good man, and will not contest'the title any more.; _ . ; “Johnson,” says . Cutler, “picked yup weight so rapidly through- heavy living, that I do not believe he will ever be able to fight, a real ' contender. He would never have made the- match with , Bombardier; Wells ; had ! he not . thought the’ EnglishmanLy far his inferior. _ ■ “At .that he would-never’have been in . condition to, meet Wells! ! He: figured: on using'Lis. boxing- skill tocatch him early with" a,knock-out, ! - ‘•‘Johnson is anxious to retire champion, and can; be expected to give, up the game verv soon. '- ■■■ ■ “If circumstances do hot permit his retiring for good,” ’Cutler -concluded, “he will get one or two 10-round bouts with alleged white hopes to try himself out.”