BOXING.
CAN WELSH COME BACK? NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Freddie "Welsh is iu training now t lat Benny Leonard, who beat him for the lightweight crown, has abdicated. ''l want a chance to win back the championship," said Freddie. "I'm in good shape, and can lick some of the young fellows yet I" DEMPSEY AND GIBBONS TO MCET LONDON, Feb. 2. Tom Gibbons, the St. Paul's heavyw eight, to-day came to definite terms with T3x Rickard for a match with Jack L empsey about June 1 with the understanding that the winner will oppose Harry V ills, the negro contender, in September. —A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 57, 6 February 1925, Page 9
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