BOXING.
DEMPSEY WILL FTGHT. MATCH WITH WILLS. TAMPA (Florida), Feb. 12. Jack Dempsey, champion heavyweight boxer of the world, on bis arrival here from Cuba to-day, said that he would fight the negro heavy-weight, Harrv Wills, on Labour Day,' September 7. According to Dempsey, the fight will probably take place in New Jersey. Floyd Fitzsimmons is promoting the bout, and he has paid Dempsey an advance. Dempsey will not fight Gene Turner until after this match with Wills.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 26 February 1926, Page 3
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78BOXING. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 26 February 1926, Page 3
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