BOXING.
RENAULT DEFEATS JOHNSON. MAY MEET DEMPSEY. Vancouver, Nov. 3. A new star in the heavyweight class rose to-night, when a big crowd at Madison Square Gardens watched Jack Renault knock out Floyd Johnson. Th© winner is th© hug© FrenchCanadian who drew with the negro Jack Johnson in their recent exhibition bout, and Tex Rickard matched him with Floyd Johnson to determine which should meet Harry Wills or Firpo. Renault had much the better of tonight’s struggle, and Johnson was several times close 10, defeat before getting the knock-out in the fifteenth round. Leading whitg heavyweights are so careful of themselves when Wills is mentioned that it is probable that Renault and Firpo will meet after Christmas. the winner qualifying for next year’s big bout with Dempsey.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 285, 17 November 1923, Page 5
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127BOXING. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 285, 17 November 1923, Page 5
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