BOXING.
BECKETT’S REAPPEARANCE EAGER FOR MORE FIGHTS z London, Dec. 26. Joe Beckett, heavyweight champion of Etigland, who was recently defeated trj Georges Carpentier, has emerged from hi* temporary rustication rei reshed, and credited with the keenest deter urination to regain his pugilistic status. , He now acts as his own manager, and proposes a series of matches betpnning with Dick Smith, later with a ells and Goddard, but an early second 'ontest with Carpentier remains liis most, eager desire. He insists that his recent defeat was only a mishapTne “Weekly Dispatch’s’ boxing expert believes that Goddard’s rapid improvement will soon justify a challenge ro Carpentier for the championship of Europe.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 19, 6 January 1920, Page 2
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110BOXING. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 19, 6 January 1920, Page 2
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