BOXING.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 18, 16 August 1928, Page 3

BOXING.

Fidel La JJarba, who retired from boxing "whife 'ily-weight champion to enter Stanford University, j s preparing to return to the ring The plan of La finrba l 0 seek a pome-buck was disclosed recently -when "Wad Wad-

hams, of tho Olympic Auditorium, | announced be was attempting to ar- i range a bout between :.a jßarba and j Bud Taylor, of Terre 71 a ale. Taylor's manager has agreed to tho match, but George Blake, the former champion's manager, is holding for hotter terms. Blake also favours a, warm-up bout for his protege before ho takes on a formidable opponent. The return of to boxing according to ring followers, w.ll be in a heavier cVvss than that in which he won the title. They point out it would be impossible I him to make the one n '""•''.red and ovelve pounds, as it was difficult even in his championship days, and he hap developed considerably in the last year. xxx x x be.s Adams (wclter-wcght) Ims been, selected to replace W., Bruce ilight-weighl) as one of the Southland) representatives at the New Zealand Boxing Championships to be) held at the end of this month. Briico is unable to make the Trip. XX X X A suggestion has been made that, now that Jack Carroll i s in New Zealand, he and Artie Kay should bo matched for the chanipict'isiilp ot Austvilash "frays ''the Napier "Telegraph" >. With such a title at stake the bout- should dlraw well, and the match is worth considering by the Hastings Association, xxx x x American college men arc beginning lo appear in the professional heavy-we'ght boxing ranks. On this -subject Tunney recently said: "It is only , :i matter of time before college heavy-weights will be a big fad or in the game. Why shouldn't they? They are both physically and mentally trained well above the average of | those who come into the game from other .sources/ They are developed where competitive spirit is made a, big factor. tip 111 recently f e w college men were willing to take up profession/d boxing, but the list lias been growing, ana it will continue to grew with the big money to bo made out of a. legalised profession. There must be more than a dozen now m the heavy-weigiTt iseet.on. Tho trouble i s that most of them have, wpited too long to learn boxing. They were too old when they began the game; but with better coaching and better teaching you will hear from more than one of them m the next your or two.''

X X XXX Tom Heeney, Lachie Macdonald and Charlie Purdy are not the only boxers who have been keeping the Hag ol i\ew Zealand flying overseas. Bert Brown, of Hamilton, who was feather-weight champion 0 f New Zea- '*"« m 192 b, is now Jiy.ng j„ Canada has made quite a name for I" 1 '* 01 - Ji — has travelled h«mgfcout the United States fn, the hree years and ha s had twenty. «"e fights, winnmg eighteen and l,s. Z thTeo ', ™ 1 " J » New Tori, Brown met Bruce Flora, W ,^ contender for the light-weight cham Pionslnp Josmg on points ever ten ™nds. At the time Ile was suffering om.ulcemtion of the stomach and IZ him BWng up tho gam e -ior fifteen months. He has -vhdly recovered and is figl lt ng nth Birr His,ast «&**£> Bi v f " <*>*W*™r off BiH.v Gr.me, at Montreal, „ n ./ Une]!J « the Now Zealauder won „ .£& L!/7 dS ' BroNvn h„ s established himself as a firm t, with ii, i tnvounto with the boxing f nna Jn Mont ,, ea| «£ he - in demand for fl ££