BOXING
LONSDALE BELTS TO BE
OPEN TO WORLD
WILL REVOLUTIONISE ' • CONDITIONS London, January 14. Lord Lonsdale is completing arrangements whereby the Txmsdale Belts for various weights will be thrown open to the world, instead of being confined to the Empire. It is expected that this will revolutionise the existing conditions of boxing, preventing a champion from retaining the title through a period of years of inactivity.> and lie will be obliged to meet at. least one challenger annuallv. It is also expected to be the means of reducing the commercialism which is now largely governing boxing.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 95, 16 January 1926, Page 8
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