DEMPSEY RETIRES.
"My Fighting Days Are
Over."
CHANGE FOR HEENEY.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.
Jack Dempsey denies a rumour that he is to meet Tunney in September. Dempsey said: "My fighting days are over. No one knows this better than Ido myself. lam through with the ring for ever."
NEW YORK, March 25.
The world's champion heavy-weight boxer, Gene Tunney, announces from Miami, Florida, that he wishes Tom Heeney, of New Zealand, to be his opponent in a bout for the title in July. It is believed that the contest hinges upon a financial question with Mr. Tex Rickard, the promoter.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 72, 26 March 1928, Page 7
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