BOXING BOUTS IN BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1931, Page 3

BOXING BOUTS IN BRITAIN

AN OPPONENT FOR CARNERA? A SOUTH AFRICAN VISITOR. . (By Eugene Corri. —Special to News.) London, Oct. 22. Whatever bo the future of Donald McCor kindale in this country, we shall always remember him as a welcome visitor. Leicester people, like the good sportsmen they are, have not only made th© South African feel at home, but they have provided the means by which he might establish his worth. The Midland City has riven a tremendous fillip to the sport of boxing, and really London, in the matter, of promotions, must look to her laurels. The fight on Monday between McCorkindale and Gipsy Daniels served its purpose entirely, in that it gave us a. better idea than we had of the possibilities of the South African. McCorkindale defeated Daniels without any shadow of doubt. It was a result that I expected, for the reason that Daniels has for so long been inactive. But I did think that McCorkindale would do more than win on points, wily fellow though Daniels is. Still, it is agreed that McCorkindale, given the opportunity, would perhaps beat any of our big men. It may be taken for granted that he would jump at a chance of meeting any Britisher, Ibut I cannot see who may be profitably put against him until the affair between Reggie Meen and Charlie Smith has been settled. Even then the probability is that the winner will bide awhile before he resumes operations. There would appear to be no end to the trials and tribulations of Camera. If it were not enough that he should be beaten by Sharkey, the ruling authority on. the other side has stepped in and forbidden a proposed match between him and Paoloni, on the ground that the Basque wood-chopper is too small. Way there every anything more ridiculous? Paoloni is a heavyweight. It does not matter what his qualifications are; if he is big enough to be allowed to pass as an outsize, he is big enough for Camera. There is now talk of Camera being matched with Campolo. I do not know he thinks about it all, .but if he does not feel. like packing up his traps and returning to Europe by an early boat, he must be an extraordinary, fellow. The longer he remains in the States the .more buffetting will he suffer. However, perhaps he will now harken to Jeff Dickson and come this way and fight Larry Gains who, I can well believe, has a considerable itch to take a tilt at the mountainous Italian. I am quite convinced that there is a bigger fortune for Carnera in this country than he may hope to reap in the States. London has taken Jack Petersen, the young Cardiff heavyweight, to her heart entirely. There is no doubt about his having a natural aptitude for fighting, but he needs to travel some distance before he may command a place among rfont rankers. Still, he knocked out Big .Tim Campbell in almost record time last Monday, and he should account for several other of the giants who have recently ' been brought to our notice. It is hoped that very soon he will be fullripe for a fight with. Jack Pettifer and that in a year, if not before, he will, in every way, be qualified for a match for, the British title. I shall be disappointed if Petersen does not go very far.