BOXING TOURNEY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10895, 9 May 1921, Page 8

BOXING TOURNEY

AT TOWN HALL' TO-NIGHT. AN PROGRAMME. The interest being taken in the first tournament of the season, which is to be held to-night, indicates that if attractive contests are arranged throughout the season there will be no lack of support to the Boxing Association’s enterprise. A departure 1 has been made from the usual three amateur preliminaries and one fifteen round professional, by reducing the professional contest to ten rounds and including two special five round challenge bouts. In both, these the best talent is engaged. Desmond and'Maddox are holders of the New Zealand title, and both reached the finals in their class in the Australasian Championships. McCoy, because of his. not having engaged in a contest proper for about a year, was beginning"' to be regarded as a back number, but this idea has been dispelled among those who have seen him in his training work. He still retains all his cleverness, and although Murray will probably be at a disadvantage in this direction he- should equalise matters in view of his reputation as a hitter who hts won nearly all his contests per medium of the knock-out. An important announcement, which should be studied by'ticket holders and intending patrons, will be found in out advertising columns. Particular attention is called to the fact that the tournament commences at , 7.45, which should allow of patrons from the suburbs catching their train or boat. Mr Earl Stewart will referee, and Messrs Staples and Woods will act as j udges.

THE BIC FIGHT CARPENTIER FEELS CONFIDENT. AUSTRALIAN OFFER DECLINED. Australian and N.g, Cable Association (Received May 7, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, May 6. Georges Oarpentier, interviewed on the eve of his departure, said he was delighted at meeting Dempsey in a few weeks. He was not the least hit afraid of “this terrible killer of men,” and was fully determined to “prove I am not always as meek as a lamb. I don’t want to prophesy regarding the duration of the fight, but my method is to find the weak point in my opponent as quickly as possible.” LONDON, ‘May 6. On the eve of his departure to America to prepare for the Dempsey fight, M. Deschamps (Oarpentier’s manager), interviewed by the Australian Press, said he regretted to have to refuse the Sydney Stadium offer of £20,000. Carpentier was very anxious to visit- Australia, but in the first place the present time was inopportune, and in the second place the financial terms were uninteresting. He could get the same amount for one ihatch. in Europe as offered from Australia, The management of the Sydney Stadium offered CaTpentier £20,000 for three fights in Sydney, the idea being to match Albert Lloyd and, Gkor rge Cook (now in England) against 2iebrated Frenchman.