HEAVYWEIGHT TITLES.
NEW AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION. SYDNEY. February 25. dim Roland won the heavyweight boxing championship of Australia on Saturday, knocking out Colin Bell in the thirteenth round. The contest was fought at a fast rate, and the end was unexpected, as Bell was leading until he was knocked out.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) MELBOURNE. February 25. .lacks defeated Mcßride on points in a 20-round hont.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) AMERICAN LIGHT-HEAVY. NEW YORK, February 20. tiene Tunney defeated Harry Oreb in a 15-round deoision bout, thereby retaining the American light heavyweight championship. Mickey Walker retained the welterweight title, outpointing Johnny Griffiths in ten rounds. —(A. and X.55. Cable.) THE EUROPEAN TITLE. PARIS, February 25. A fight between Carpentier and SiVi is becoming more unlikely. Carpentier is demanding the scientific funds should receive only the fixed sum of 100,000 francs, the boxers dividing the remainder of the receipts.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 48, 26 February 1923, Page 5
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