THE BOXING RING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18135, 6 July 1922, Page 7

THE BOXING RING.

LEONARD DEFEATS KANSAS. MISKE KNOCKS OUT MEEHAN Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 4.30 P.m.) NEW YORK. July 4. At Michigan City, Indiana, Benny Leonard, world's champion light-weight, decisively defeated Rocky Kansas, whoso manager tossed the sponge into tho ring in tho eighth round just as the cha'lenc;er was tattering. Kansas received heavy punishment during every round, and landed only a few light blows upon Leonard, who showered his opponent with loft and right hooks to tho body and head. The bout "was scheduled for 10 rounds. Kansas' manager declared that Kansas broke hi% left • arm in tho third round. | A surgeon examined the arm and found that it was fractured. Kansas expressed his belief that the accident occurred when Leonard blocked a swift lead for the body with his elbow. Bill Brennan outpointed Bob Martin in a bout of 12 rounds at Ashland, Kentucky. At Oklahoma City, the hoavy-weight, Billy Miske knocked out Willie Meehan in «rst round of a bout scheduled for 10 rounds.

Johnny Wilson knocked oat Al Demarts, of Indianapolis, in the fourth round of a bout at Rutland, Vermont. BURNS' NEXT MATCH. DONCASTER MIDDLE-WEIGHT Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Kecd. 4.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 4.

The Doncaafter middle-weight, Roland Todd, has been matched for a 20-round bout with Frankie Burns at the Liverpool Stadium on July 24.