CARPENTIER-WELLS FIGHT
BOXER WITH A FUTURE.
NO BITTERNESS LEFT.
By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright.
(Received Docember 10. 6.20 p.m.) London, December 10. The French heavy-weight boxer v Georges Carpcntier, who beat Bombardier Wells (champion of England) the other day in the firstround, is preparing to meet " Gunboat" Smith, the American heavyweight, for a purse of £2000 at the Olympic Club in February or March.
The sensational defeat of Wells was 'a great disappointment, and the consensus of general public opinion is that the soldier's career as a first-class boxer is ended.
Carpcntier has a brilliant future. Few heavy-weights ever possessed the same science and quickness, and he ought,' considering his youthfulness, to develop into one of the world's great fighters.
The victory leaves no bitterness, as Carpentier's skill and pluck have made him as popular in England as in France.
_ Sam Langford, the coloured boxer, in an interview in Paris yesterday, said: " Wells is no champion, and ought to be contented with giving exhibitions."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15480, 11 December 1913, Page 7
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