BOXING

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 246, 18 July 1928, Page 6

BOXING

FIGHT FOR CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT CONTEST IN LONDON IF HEENEY WINS (Australian Press Association.) Now York, July 16. Tex. Rickard states., that if . Heeney beats* Tunney in thu forthcoming bout the. next tight will be held in London. Rickard believes that Dempsey would come-back in an attempt to regain the titlefroni Heeney in London.. ELABORATE TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS : . VIEWS ON HEENEY'S CHANCES By Telegraph.—Press Association. Gisborne, July 17. “If. the battle goes beyond the tenth roundi Heeney stands an excellent chance of knocking Tunney out.” This opinion, by Charles Harvey, the New Zealander’s manager, has been received by a wireless broadcast; which also quotes Jack Heeney, Tom’s brother, as saying that Tom in training goes on in the same old way. He has been taking things fairly easily, but yesterday did work in the open for the first time, sparring three rounds with a huge giant named Ralf Smith. “It has been a wonderful thing to my brothers and I,” states Jack, “to see the elaborate training arrangements,' several ch..nges being made in the staff of sparboys, including the introduction of a fast light-weight to speed Tom up, also, Osk Till, the middle-weight, who previously trained with Tunney, and Jack Lawless, of Newark, the light-heavy-weight.” i V LOVERIDGE BEATS COOMBES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hamilton, July 17. At To Arolia in a professional boxing contest last night Dick Loveridge (New Plymouth) beat P. Coombes (Te Arbha) bn points in ten rounds.