THE BOXING RING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 842, 10 December 1929, Page 13

THE BOXING RING

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FIXTURES Sarron v. Jones, Hawera, tonight. Bloom v. Jones, Invercargill, December 16. Sarron v. Grime, Wellington, December 17. Donovan v. Crowle, New Plymouth, December 19. Morgan v. Stone, Westport, December 26. Sarron v. Grime, Auckland, December 27. Leckie v. Sarron, Napier, January 1. * $ X.ot* Bloom, tho American - Hebrew light-weight who came over with Sar-l-on, ha a his first outing ml the' Dominion next Monday, when ho is to light Jones, of Wales, at Inv^cargill. The expectations of Australian fish* fans to see Fidel La Barba in action again in a month or two are not to be realised, George Blake, his manager, having cabled Stadiums, Ltd., that La Barba is unable to accept the invitation owing to a damaged hand. * * * Baldock's Luck Out Failure to bring A 1 Brown into line for a fight for the bantam-weight championship of the world, sent Teddy Baldock back to England, three postponements having been enough for him. lie was offered a bout with ihe undefeated Cuban, Kid Chocolate, but he declined. Chocolate is one of the greatest lighters seen in action for a long time, and if he fights as often after ho has won a championship (as he is bound to do) he will be a popular title-holder. Return to Old Form The defeat of Johnny Leckie by Billv Grime at Napier on Saturday proves that either the New Zealander is not the fighter he was a few months ago, or (hat Grime is again something of tho force that made him a triple Australian title-holder a couple of yours a go. Leckie has not hud u fi.Lrht for a long time and following an illness could not have been in the best of condition. The fight should be a good preparation for his bout against Sarron at Napier on New Tear’s Day, and then a return bout with Grime should make another good fight lor some association. « * * Another Turns Professional A report from the south has it that Alan Campbell, ex-amateur heavyweight champion of New Zealand and runner-up at the last championships, is about to join the professionals. There are no heavy-weights in New Zealand, unless it is Gear, of Wellington, who is wanting a contest, and the light- heavy-weight s, who are also practically non-existent, will have to be drawn upon if Campbell is to bo accommodated. Perhaps he intends doing his professional fighting on the other side of the Tasman, but ho v.ill have to fight about 200 per cent, better than he did in Auckland just over a ve-ir ago if he is to do any good at all' At the New Zealand championships ill Auckland ho won the heavy-weight title but be showed himself to be the best of a bad lot, but a champion not at all. i

The Christchurch Sports Club is reported to be considering a contest bctiveen Carey, ex-light-weight champion of New Zealand, who lost to Morgan in his only contest, and Stone, who also has had one professional contest losing to Morgan. Stone and Morgan are scheduled to fight a return battle at Westport on December 26. * * * In his first battle in New Zealand. Pete Sarron found no difficulty in winning, Jack Jones never appearing to have a chance against him at Wellington last week, until in the 10th round a halt had to be called. Sarron is du© to fight tonight at Hawera against the same opponent, so it does not tippear that anybody will have to look l'ar for the winner. Dempsey’s Latest Views The belief that the winning of world championships by foreign boxers is a good thing for the sport is advanced by Jack Dempsey in a recent interview, in which he said that he considered that international sport was one of the greatest agencies for promoting international friendliness. Regarding his own position Dempsey said that in the event of a foreigner winning the vacant title he would not return to the ring in an effort to hold it in America, even if the public desired him to, unless he was convinced that he was in good shape and could win. He cited the case of Jim Jeffries, who heeded the public call only to go down to a smashing defeat, and said that he would not make the same mistake. Speaking of the statement that he would fight for a million dollars, Dempsey said that so far nobody had offered him that much, but if anybody did and ho believed he could get into good shape and win he would take it. He would want 50,000 dollars to start training and would also want the privilege to withdraw if he could not get into condition. But even a million would not tempt Dempsey under cerj tain conditions. “I wouldn’t consider it if the man they asked me to go In with was a runner. I’ve had plenty of them. I could use a million, but I've got enomrh to live on. although some folks like to make out that 1 have frittered my money away.” Dempsey said he liked being a promoter, because it was the next best thing to fighting and nearly as much fun. Commenting on Dempsey’s statements, the interviewer, Wilbur Wood said that from the way the ex-cham-pion spoke of the possibilities of a foreigner getting the title, it did not seem as if he would need much tempting, and further that promoters would be only too glad to guarantee Dempsey a mill on for a fight against the ultimate winner of the title as such a tight would probably draw the greatest gate of all time. The interviewer holds the opinion that Dempsey could defeat any of the present bunch without difficulty and thinks that a fight between Dempsey and Schmeling, the “German Dempsey.” would be a great attraction, although he does not think the la:ter would last more than four j rounds.