Boxing Decisions.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 307, 28 December 1935, Page 4 (Supplement)

Boxing Decisions.

AN AMERICAN PROPOSAL.

Motion to Discard Judges and Rely on Referee.

If a proposal by Mr. Edward C. Foster, president of the National Boxing Association,-U.S.A., is carried into effect, there will be a reversion to the old evstem of having a referee alone to adjudge tho winner of a contest. He sujnrests the discarding of judges. Mr. Foster started his crusade at the recent ranking meeting of the association, but after preliminary discussion it was decided to defer the matter for further consideration at a later meeting. In support of his proposal Mr. Foster said: "Judges stationed at fixed positions view the fight from different angles.

What one sees the other doesn't k. "My recommendation k that «. referee, and only the referee, be X judge of boxing contests. He Exposition to see what is gom „ ""■ » * times, and if he is quailed fnA; at . aU lion should know more about K than any judges who may he annr,i«T I ??, Commenting on this JropoTa m ' bourne critic states that Au trait I°'" had sufficient confidence in 111 1-v™ and integrity of refer**-.to be sfe with the one man system. . sfied America has discovered' a weight in Fred Steele, of Tac4 a ?S one writer considers a* likely to mT as great a sensation in his class a.t Louis has in the heavy-weights did not start boxing until fejT? record for the three . vears eo^r * g the latest book issued is librLi; studded with K.O. victories Ij the \ P B A"' Hf" le I' - rank;d tMrd * the >>-B.A His admirers claim that he will be first if ever he meeta-Bisto