BOGUS BOXING STAR

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 226, 19 June 1940, Page 14

BOGUS BOXING STAR

Billed As New Zealand Champion HOAX IN HOBART The fight fans of Hobart will feel rather hot under the collar when they learn that the supposed New Zealand champion, “Tommy Jordan,” whom they saw being hopelessly outclassed in four rounds by the American negro, Archie Moore, was onlv a preliminary boy from Melbourne, says the "Sporting Globe." Whcu the promoters found they nail been duped they rang the “Globe’ to tell their story. They maintained that they accepted Jordan in ail good faith and were ignorant of his real identity. 11 that be correct, then someone fell down badly on his job. • As no one bad ever heard of “Tommy Jordan,” suspicions should have been, aroused. He was produced five days before the fight, and there was still plenty of time to check up and prove bis bona fides. Melbourne could have answered any inquiry in that direction? . . George Simpson was the original opponent advertised for Moore. When Simpson was not available the promoters wore satisfied to let Moore’s manager bring along Jordan to till the bill, and took for granted all that thi; manager said in regard to Jordan’s record, which finished up looking like Joe Louis’s. According to the promoters, MoorCs manager demanded and was paid his £lOO guarantee in cash the day before the fight, and when they wanted to publish a picture of Jordan in the daily papers he persuaded them to use only a picture of Moore. This gave little chance of Jordanls real identity being revealed, so the fight went on as advertised. The public paid up to £1 ringside to see Moore in what would not be even a training spar for the fighter who had beaten Ron Richards. Southland Association Closes Down. The Southland Boxing Association at its meeting on June 5 went into liquidation after 40 years in control of the sport. The cause of the downfall is put down to the collapse of the stage at the AdamsBaker bout last year, involving several claims, and with the war the association had been hard pressed to meet its obligations in the circumstances. The association’s last act before going out of existence was the granting of a permit to the Mataura Boxing Club for the holding of an amateur tournament. jinny Boxing. In a letter from Egypt from Private Arthur Williams (well-known Otago swimmer, Soccer player, and boxer) news is contained of the former Empire Games heavyweight boxing representative, Ron Withell, who has . been training fairly hard and hopes to enter the boxing championships for the Armies in the East. Withell is in good trim, and should do well. Williams mentions that he haff been sparring with ’Withell, who is very fit. The news of Stan Jenkin’s death was received by the soldier-boxers with deep regret.