BOXERS' CONTRACTS.
. * ♦ ■■"•■-. C. B. OOCHRAN HAS ENOUGH. END OP "BIG EURSE" BOOM. LONDQN, Sept. B— Pete Herman has cancelled his >match against Jimmy Wilde for the bantam-weigHt championship of the world. Mr. C. B; Cochran, the promoter of this and other important matches) has. decided to relinquish the business, owing to so many matches being abandoned through the failure of boxers to fulfil contracts. ' \ Mr. Cbchran.'s withdrawal is interpreted as th© end. of the "big purse" boxing boom. Boxers are likely to regret ' .it, as mushroom promoters may be exr" pected once mor© to appear. Mr., Cochraiv says: "I am finished with boxing. Practically every nrstrdass boxer has failed me." ■ Mr. Cochran has withdrawn his offer of £50,0Q0 to Dempsey, and has released Carpentier from his ■ contract. ' . /
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15316, 11 September 1920, Page 3
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127BOXERS' CONTRACTS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15316, 11 September 1920, Page 3
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