BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 21

BOXING.

RINGSIDE GOSSIP.

The New Zealand Boxing Council has decided to communicate with the Australian Stadiums Ltd., suggesting reciprocity in the matter of disqualifications.

"Big Jim is frothing for a fight," says a AVanganui exchange. The gentleman referred to is Jim Savage, the English heavyweight, who is reputed to have dono big things in the Old Country, including a K.O. on Iron Hague. It is rumoured that he will meet Paul McQuarrie at an early date, perhaps next month.

The annual report of the New Zealand Boxing Council makes interesting'reading. On July 4, 1922, the council entered on its twenty-first year. The period that has passed since the presentation of the last report has seen I quite a number of important changes ■in the administration of the sport. i These have been natural results of evolutionary development. For instance, I the old system of representation at the Dominion championship meetings has i been abolished in favour of a deccntralI ising system more in keeping with the i ideas of to-day. The latest system may not bo perfect—its originators have no illusions in that respect—and changes '• probably will be necessary before it reaches the stage of giving general satisfaction; but it is a step forward. Again, the decision of the Auckland Conference to limit the number of centres, -while perhaps not actually attaining the ultimate object, is an undoubted step in the direction of simplifying and improving the general administration of the sport. The rules have undergone a thorough revision in the lieht of experience. For too long the council has occupied a dual position, but under tho new system it will be a purely administrative bodr. The report continues: —"In order to meet the change brought about by the establishment of North and South Island championships, the conlerenro decided to augment the council's funds by licensing amateurs, charging a permit fee for each competition promoted by a local association, levying to the extent of 2J per cent on all professional prizes, and providing that half of the net profits from island championships should go to the council. The revenue thus iucreascd allowed the council to meet its obligations. At one perjod the council's financial position, owing to the tardy payment of subscriptions and