BOXING
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Reuter’s Telegrams.)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. Villa the boxer was suffocated under an anaesthetic. He hud recently lost a bold with Jimmy .McLiirnin in which he insisted on lighting despite an infected tooth and swollen jaw, and against the doctor’s advice. NEW YORK, July 14. Frankie (lenaro, the American flyweight champion hoxei, is the legitimate successor to the world’s title as a result of the death of Villa, according to the New York Stale boxing Commission, (lenaro had two decisions over Villa and was accepted as Villa’s leading challengi r.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 16 July 1925, Page 5
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