SHORT ROUNDS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 145, 20 June 1936, Page 22

SHORT ROUNDS

RING NOTES AT RANDOM Johnny Richmond, t?ie Dunedin featherweight, is now being trained by Hector Leckie, former lightweight champion of New Zealand. Richmond is a pretty boxer. He won the New Zealand amateur flyweight championship as far back as 1928, at Auckland. He subsequently performed well in th« bantam and featherweight divisions. An appointment has been made by cable by Maxic Rosenbloom's wealthy American fiancee, Miss Mary Elizabeth Campbell, to meet the former cruiserweight champion of the world in Paris. Maxie is considering a flight to London by air mail, thence by aeroplane to Paris. He would make that trip in August, he stated. He would changs i his mind only in the event of a contest between him and Joe Louis being definitely arranged to take place in America in September. Training details do not perturb Rosenbloom in any way, for, although he was to meet the American, George Simpson, in a 15-round contest at Sydney on Monday night, Rosenbloom sat up until 2 a.m. the previous wed' nesday preparing a radio scenario. Ljtft doesn't concern him much, either. For his meal he was undecided whether he would have lobster and "hot dogs and beans. His trainer, Joe Doyle, insisted on lamb chops and vegetables. By his defeat of Ray Nicol Roy de Gans demonstrated conclusively that he is in a class by himself as far at the heavyweights of New Zealand are concerned. Nicol made a valiant atp tempt to hold the negro, but after the fourth or fifth round it was clear that the further the bout went the less Nicol's chance of winning «,-ew. De Gans fought confidently, and although he had a comfortable victory in his first fight with Nicol he showed that he was a vastly improved boxer. His smart footwork and clever ringcraft left him in some wonderful positions to belabour Nicol. That's what it amounted to in the finish. Nicol was out-boxed, out-manoeuvred, and punished. . No one knows exactly how fast is the , striking swiftness of Joe Louis, nor how • lightning-like were the blasts p* Jack ; Dempsey in his fistic prime. But an , estimate, based on comparisons, indi- . cates that Joe Louis hits short punches ; at the rate of 181 feet per second, an average of about 127 miles an hour. . Dempsey's average at his tops may hav# [ been close to 135 miles per hour, says • an American sports writer. ■ The present boxing situation in Australia is, or should be, the subject of considerable thought by those in- " terested in the game (remarks a Syd- ' ney writer). From the promoters' point J of view, and also from that of the r keen critics, the situation is most un- , satisfactory. With Ambrose Palmer on ' the retired list, Jack Carroll nearing . the end 'of his fistic tether, and only Fred Henneberry and "Darkie" Blan- ' don, of the acknowledged champions, " in the full flush of youth and endeav- ' our, it behoves us to take stock of 1 our fist-fighting forces. '' The battle between Carroll and Ross ' at Sydney is going to be an exceptional event. It will be a most expen* sive feature, for the guarantee to Ross, '• 45 000 dollars, is calculated at approxir m'ately £11,250, on the rate of ex--1 change. But as this will be paid exi WRESTLING FIXTURES. 6 June 20.—Kruse v. Russell, at Wang* nui. June 30.—Leathers v. Mehringer, at r Invercargill. y June 23.—Krusc v. Kent, at Auckland; t, Forsjfren v. Blomfleld, it Wellings ton; Woods v. Boesch, at Gttborne; e Mehringer v. Zaharias, at *Hmani»