BOXING NEWS
heavy-weight boxers, Maurie Strickland’s name appears seventh on the list. Tony Galento is still No. 1 contender, but most agree he will get no closer to the title while Louis stays in the way. |: a recent American ranking of * * * Lex Greaney, Dunedin feather-weight who holds the title in his division, is without fights in the offing. A good type of boxer, Greaney finds opponents very scarce, * * % Neville Mudgway, ex-welterweight champion of the Dominion, has a stall at the Exhibition. * * * Gisborne is again in the limelight. Vie Caltaux and Jack Davis will provide the main bout at a tourney in December, * * * Little is heard of Primo. Carnera these days. He retains a connection with the game. A large sign over his tavern door intimates that he was once "champion of the world." * * * Maurice Costello, six feet tall and just 141% stone of bone and muscle, is training in a Wellington gym for any bouts that offer. Costello is a goodnatured Irishman, and his scrap-book shows he has a good record. * * * Boxing is beginning to find favour in the military camps. It is proposed to hold tournaments shortly in at least. two camps. re * € Professional boxing on the West Coast has been somewhat quiet this season but the amateurs have been well catered for by a body of sportsmen who recognise that amateur boxing is their first concern. Many brilliant professionals who made a name for themselves in New Zealand boxing graduated from the amateur ranks on the Coast.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 23, 1 December 1939, Page 38
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