WORLD TITLES
World championship claims of ' ; British fighters have been "recog- i nisecl" by the N.B.A. of America in : ; ! its usual ludicrous fashion, states J j 'The Sporting Life," London. Jackie , c j Paterson, British and Empire fly- j c : weight title-holder, is named as j J | logical contender for Little Dado's ' > j crown. . '( Dado was the victor in the Ameri- \ c can title-grabbing campaign after the ', championship had been vacated bv I. Peter Kane, to whom Paterson is the I' only logical .successor. I j Len Harvey, who won the vacant j world cruiser-weight crown in 1939, is regarded as third contender for j that title, which has been awarded j ' to Antoine Christoforidis, the Greek. I' 1 Jim Brady, Empire bantam-weight I ' champion, has been awarded the i i honour of third in line for a tilt at' j Lou Salica's title. I
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 145, 21 June 1941, Page 3 (Supplement)
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