COLOURED FIGHTERS
OUTSTANDING BOXERS IN AUSTRALIA MEMORIES OF “ TIGER " PAYNE In the next few weeks Sydney boxing fans will see quite a number of famous negroes in action. Coloured fighters are always well received (says a Sydney, writer). , In the past 15 years probably 20 outstanding negroes and Filipinos have fought in Australia. Apart from one or two, tiie boys have been well behaved outside the ring, their manner in the hempen square could not be faulted, and all had provided bright entertainment. ■probably the quietest of all the negroes is Atilio Sabatino. Sab. has a weakness for music, is not enamoured of the bright lights, and loves nothing better than to spend an evening with his manager in a quiet game of rummy or bridge.
Tiger Payne was probably the greatest personality of all the coloured boxers. Tiger made a fortune in Australia on his first visit, but could not hold his money. Ho was an inveterate gambler, and on one occasion lost £BOO at a pony meeting at Ascot. Tiger became a dog fancier, purchased a greyhound, and dropped hundreds of pounds following his charge. “ Sunny ” Jim Williams, on the other hand, saved his ring earnings and left Australia with close on £5.000.
He was well in the middle thirties, and he confessed that his Australian matches had provided him with enough money for a comfortable old age.
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Evening Star, Issue 23136, 9 December 1938, Page 4
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