France’s Best Boxer
Emile Pladner, a fly-weight, has taken the place of Georges Carpentier as the boxing idol of France. So there must have been intense disappointment when he was disqualified for hitting low, in the fifth round of his contest with Frankie Genaro, in Paris a few days ago. A few months ago the National Boxing Association of America crowned Genaro as the fly-weight champion of the world, in place of Newsboy Brown. The English champion, Johnny Hill, had beaten Brown in England. Hill also beat Pladner in two fights in London, but subsequently. in Paris, Pladner beat Hill decisively. The young Frenchman also beat Izzy Schwartz, who had claimed the title after Fidel la Barba gave it up. On the second of last month Pladner knocked out Genaro in sSsec. and won the world’s championship. only to lose it, now, on a foul. Many good critics consider that Pladner is the best all-round boxer that France has produced—better as a boxer, pure and simple, than Carpentier, and better than Ledoux, who relied for success on hitting power rather than skill.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 673, 27 May 1929, Page 7
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182France’s Best Boxer Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 673, 27 May 1929, Page 7
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