BOXING.

Otago Witness, Issue 3467, 24 August 1920, Page 38

BOXING.

At the request of a number of Milton residents interested in boxing, the Otago Eoxing Association has agreed to send a strong team of boxers to Milton on Saturday, August 28, where a, very attractive programme •will be staged in tho local Town Hall.. The principal events will consist of contests * between leading feather-weights, light-weights, welter-weights, and middle-weight's, and a special six-round bout between two Danediu professionals. The Milton committee 'has agreed to pay all expenses in connection with the visit of the competitors, who will be conveyed to Milton and returned to Dunedin by motor cars. AUCKLAND, August IG. Tlws light-weight boxing contest for £2OO between J. Keenan (Auckland) and A. Jarvis (Adelaide) at the Town Hal], was won by Keenan, Jarvis being disqualified in the fifteenth round, for persistently holding and hitting when ord-sred to break. The contest was very evenly waged, and there was little between the pair on points when Jarvis was disqualified, thwngh Keenan ■ was tho stronger. 5 BRISBANE, August 21. The State amateur boxing championships will be held on November 1,3, and 8, and tho Australasian championships on the 22nd, 24th, and 29th. AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. BRISBANE, August 20. With reference to New Zealand inquiries regarding the- Anstralasian amateur boxing championships, it is proposed to hold a meeting of the committee at an early date. It is anticipated that the championships will be held at Brisbane during November. THE DOMINION'S GRIEVANCE. CHRISTOHURCH, August 20. With reference to to-day's Press Association cabl9 message from Brisbane in regard to the Australasian boxing championships, it is explained that the Australasian agreement provides that the championships must bo held in September, and that the .promoting body must give the other associations interested two months' notice of the dates selected. In Juno the secretary of the Now Zealand Boxing Council wrote to "the Queensland Association asking for the dates, and pointing cut that the championships must not be held later than. September. Reoeiving no rep!}', he cabled, and was informed that the dates selected vrcie November 22, 24, and 29. He immediately cabled back refusing to accept the dates owing to the fact, that the New Zealnnders would be unfairly handicapped by having to compete in hot weather. A reply was received this week regretting that the dates could not be altered. This probably means that New Zealand will not be represented. In fixing the period for the holding of the championships the Australasian conference selected September deliberately, a 3 it was realised that the meeting must be held before the hot weather came on. CARPENTIER TO MEET LEVINSKY. NEW YORK, August 19. It is announced that Carpentier will box Levinsky here on October 12 in a 15-round bout. Both fighters must weigh in at 1751 b three hours before the bout, which will decide the world's light and heavy-weight championship. It is understood that Carpentier will leavo France for the United States on October 4. Both men will train in the vicinity of New York City.