BOXING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20962, 27 February 1930, Page 4

BOXING.

By Cross Counter. Eddie Parker, once holder of the lightJieavy and the heavy-weight championships, ia now an ex-champion. He forthe . former title to Broadfoot through failing to make the weight, and the New Zealand Council has declared the latter vacant.

~ Johnny Risko, who was declared by the New York Boxing Association to be too small to fight Vittorio Cfimpolo, the B ian f Argentinian, has been signed to nght Compolo at Miami to-day as a supporting contest to the Jack Sharkey-Phil oeott nght. Risko weighs about 14.4, while Campolo fights in the neighbourhood of 16.0.

Sporting statisticians calculate that jrrimo Camera, the giant Franco-ltalian heavy-weight boxer, made £I6OO each minute he was in the ring during bis first three fights in America. He proraises to become America’s highest paid athlete. In the first of his fights Carnera knocked out Elzear Rioux in ’be first round. In his second fight he knocked out Big Boy Peterson, of Chigago (14.91, also in the first round, 5 ~i n . the third contest he similarly dealt with Cowboy Owens (15.10) in the second round.

, -Thith the full details concerning the hitch over the Sarron-Donovan bout are made known little can be said on the matter, but it would appear that the Taranaki Association has at least brought it home to the .American boy that agreements are not made to be broken. It is satisfactory to know that the difficulties have been overcome and that the bout will eventuate, but . there arises out of the whole position one point on which the Otago Association should show particular interest. The- promoting body, it has fixed the prices of admission at £2 2s, £1 Is, and 12s 6d. A Wellington paper, in remarking that the purse offered exceeds £4OO, says:—"This is not according to. the rules of the New Zealand Boxing Association, and it is difficult to see how Taranaki will get over the rule that was so heartily endorsed at the last conference in Greymouth.” Here is an ° P i P °/ t° r the Otago Association to ask for an investigation as to the correctness of the statement with respect to the size_ of the purse. Since his arrival in America, Camera has been leaving a rapidly lengthening trail of victims in his wake, but not one °f those who have gone down to his terrific punches is in the first flight of heavy-weights. Camera’s wins constitute triumphs of brute strength over whatever scieface his opponents may have, and those _ who go to see the bouts in which he- is engaged must be drawn by curiosity rather than by the prospect of seeing anything in the way of boxing. The giant Italian’s appearance among the lesser lights of, .the heavy-weights has made the ..position . farcical and the question is prompted: whether there should not be a maximum limit set for the big men, as. is the case, with all other divisions. Such men as Camera might have a ‘ battleship” weight class.all to themselves.

Phil Scott, heavy-weight champion of Great Britain, and’Jack Sharkey, "The Boston Sailor,” champion of America by official and popular acclaim, are due to meet at' Miami, Florida, to-day. It is estimated that the light -will bring in from £50,000 to £Bo,ooo—Scott, incidentally, has . never received more, than £4OOO for n fight in his life—but the terms given to the boxers have not yet been disclosed. The winner will be regarded as being well in line for the heavy-weight championship of the world. The last time a Briton boxed for the world’s heavy-weight title was on December 2, 1907, when Gunner Moir met the title holder, Tommy Burns, at the. National Sporting Club, and was knocked out in the tenth round. The last Englishman to hold the cham-pionship-was Bob Fitzsimmons, the lanky; knock-kneed Cornishman, who won the title from J. J. Corbett in 1897, and lost it to J. J. Jeffries in 1899.

• hoxing champion has been developed m New Guinea (says the Sporting Globe). He is easily cock of the walk by reason of his knowledge of the glove game. Some months ago he came to Melbourne with his Australian employer, a- lover of boxing, and while here got some instruction. His name is Toihbata and when he returned home it was not lon<* before he had occasion- to demonstrate his new methods of attack. Then came his most serious encounter. _He wanted to marry, but the girl of his choice was already engaged—to the bully of the district.. After several periods of. wordy warfare regarding TombataV attentions, the big, fellow at last-came along to wipe him off the face of the earth. But the bully didn t know what Tombata knew and finished up out of the world. He has not worried Tombata since -and the latter has his girl.

Ted ■ Dargin, the Bathurst aborigine, possesses a powerful punch and‘plenty of pluck, but it was too much to, except ?i! m ™ awa y 551 bto Pat Redmond, the 16.2 boxer, at Rushcutters Ba S recently. The black took a great deal of punishment, but always cnmC back for mo.re, and frequently landed blows on the huge Irishman. It was plain , that the physical advantages possessed by Redmond could not be overcome and, battered and bleeding, Ted took flip count, kneeling in a corner in the thirteenth, xx was a remarkable display of grit, for iJargm was out oyer the eyes,' the blood obscuring 1m -<J o n. and adding to the handicaps he was already suffering Superior tonnage won the fight for Pat. ’ The Sydney Stadium management has announced the following,rules for future contests:—All bouts are to be of three minutes duration, Wednesday night programmas and preliminary bouts will all be fought over the championship time per round, and two-minute sessions are abolished. _ Boxers in preliminary boutswill be paid at set rate. Pour-round contest, winner £3 and loser £2 10s- six .rounds, winner £4 10s, loser £4: . 10 rounds winner £6 15s, loser £5 15s; and 12 rounds, winner £ls and loser £ls. Instead .of main events on the popular night programmes being over 15 rounds, 12-round bouts will be substituted, and in special cases the rates will be increased, experienced an off year in 1929. With no outstanding pugilistic performer; whose presence in the ring would assure! a packed stadium, with the death of Tex) Kickard, whose promotional genius had made possible the mammoth spectacles of J, ast > the record for the year was decidedly ordinary as is the general run of boxers, and only moderately successful V'^ te V Jan \ es I C Dawso P- in the New xork Times). Three of the standard divisions were without leaders, and the championship claims in a' fourth were disputed. Of the four- recognised titleholders, only Tommy Loughnan showed any inclination to risk his : crown. Prior F 9 , • e , k e relinquished voluntarily bis light-heavy-weight title to invade the heavy-weight ranks, when he was knocked out by Jack Sharkey, Loughnan was the only champion worthy of the name. H< defended his title against Mickey Walker Braddock Sammy Man l i F lln E s the light-weight title and to his policy of defending it . nnlv once a year. He risked the crown sue c-essfully against Tony Canzoneri in Oh. cago on August 2 Similarly. Mickey. Walker. leader of the middle-weight class, had his title at stake only. once, defeating Ace Hudkins on October 29 in Los Angeles. Joe Dundee, who Jay his inactivity, held bis welter-weight crown until interest in the class lagged, was dethroned on July 25 when he lost on a foul to Jackie Fields in Detroit. Andre Routia worlds feather-weight champion, risked a title combat on September 25 at Hartford, and lost his crown to Christonher I Bat) Battalmo. a Hartford boy theretofore unknown.' A resume shows that five Champions defended their titles. Two were dethroned, and one retired from liis class.