THE BOXING RING.
DOWNFALL OF BECKETT,
.PURSE NOT JET - PAID. ,
Australian and NX Cable Aseoeiation.-: (Recd. 5.5 PJ n.i ' LONDON. Oct.- 2. • Major' Wilson, the promoter oKi-he fight in which : Carpentier : ; defeated Coe Beckett, the English heavy-weight, champion," in tho first round, says Beckett's share of the pu;se money, which .is understood to be. £4000, has not yet been paid over.. .. '.-. ;, •■,<. ;:.'.,.,, : • ,-y * , . . '..■'' A '.. message;,rom; Columbus * (Georgia) states that Carpentier has cabled .. a challenge to McTigue to .;• meet.- him in the United;: States soon. Acceptance is. withheld pending I the but-come" of McTigue's Bght 011 Thursday with; Stribling. At the Olympian ; Albert • Lloyd '" beat Both, "of Switzerland, in the third of : a /scheduled; ; 10-round heavy-weight bout. Both was outclassed, and received tremendous punishment before the "towel was thrown .in. ; r .',.,;* ",-'-"' '-~'.':'.'■ ':
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18521, 4 October 1923, Page 10
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