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NZ Truth, Issue 978, 23 August 1924, Page 11

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When Dick' Loveridge won the lightweight title at the amateur championships last week it was , the second occasion that New Plymouth had won that distinction. The first time was m ,1911, at Invercargill, when Allan Maxwell won. Maxwell also won the medal for the most • scientific boxer. When the Otago representatives at the Dominion championships returned home with three championships m their bags they had a< great reception. The defeat of Johnny Leckie was, however, a setback to Dunedin followers of the game, who considered that he had something m the nature of a mortgage on the flyweight title. Johnny had to shed about half a stone of superfluous flesh to make the weight and the effort may have been partly responsible for his defeat. The following are training up at Tim Tracy's school: Paul ' Demsky, Roy Brian and. Derry Clinton. Clinton came down from Palmerston on Saturday : last to obtain some good boys to spar with and he is getting his desire. Percy Black is going- to have a spell. . Jimmy Anderson writes from Millerton: "Just a line re, the featherweight championship of New Zealand, which seems to be the bone of contention between five or six claimants. I have been training Jimmy Carr since his arrival on the Coast three years ago, and he has done all that 'could be asked of him m his nine fights. Carr is considered by the flght-loving public down this way to be the best little type of fighter seen m action on the Coast for many years, We have fought the present holder of the title, Curran, five times, resulting m two wins each and a draw. ' The 15 round draw at Millerton was the best fight staged m the Buller since Tim Tracy fought Arthur Kelly at Millerton. Carr has fought all over New Zealand, and his claim to recognition by 'some of the Associations to contest the championship with Curran or any other nih6 stone claimant is quite valid. Millerton tried to fix Carr up with five differ- j ent feathers for September 6 at Mil- j lerton, Tmt for various reasons was side-stepped, ' two of them claiming it wasn't worth troubling under £100 to; come over. Carr will fight Curran, Brown, Cann, Clinton, or, Harry, Gunn under any Association for anything up to £50, or any part of it, which will be covered by us at "Truth" office. His next fight will be with Dick Pascoe, ex- j N.Z. feather champion (amateur) i who is now a lightweight, and of course such a handicap would' not deter him from still chasing the championship m his own class should: he be defeated on September 20." i