BOXING
BECKETT-COOK FIGHT CARPENTIERi’S VIEWS. “COOK HAS IMMENSE COURAGE.'* Australian and N-Z. Cable Association {Received March 19, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, March. 18. CaiT)entier, who was invited to discus 9 the Beckett-Cook match, whites: “Cook is not a great boxer. He has much to learn, but he is like iron and has immense courage. You will have to hit him a 9 if you would kill him before he goes down and be counted out. Beckett wf.ll find Cook np punishing boxer, hut one with a heart that is Hard to break. "I do not think that mere fistic skill will decide the issue. It will be a battle of temperaments. Beckett, when he enters the ring, gives himself up to that kind of self-analvsis which, breeds doubt in oneself. If Beckett is not concerned with what people are saying and thinking about, he should heat the Australian. If Beckett grows tired of hitting Cook and begins to wonder whythe Australian does not go down h« wiil lose." GODFREY V. McCANN. < AMERICAN EASILY DEFEATED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received March 19, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 19. Boxing at the Stadium, Sid Godfrey (9st 7ilby defeated Billy McCann (9st 8ilb), the American, on points in a twentyround bout, which was very one-sided, Godfrey inflicting severe punishment upon the visitor and winning practically every round. • BEATEN ON POINTS. McCarthy against garcia.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received March 19, 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 19. Bert McCarthy beat Louie Garcia on points in a twenty-round bout. c . A DRAWN BATTUE. TWENTY CLEVER ROUNDS. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received March 19, 5.5 p.m.) BRISBANE, March 19. Harry Holmes (9st 9ilb) and Archie Bradley (9st 121 b) fought a clever twenty rounds drawn battle. BECKETT ILL fight may be postponed. (Received March 19, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 18. . Beckett is suffering from influenza, and hie fight with Cook may probably be postponed. CARPENTIER TO FIGHT NILLES PARIS, MARCH 17. Carpentier is to fight jUllea in June.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11163, 20 March 1922, Page 3
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