BOXING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19999, 15 July 1920, Page 3

BOXING.

| Evnns - , lvll ° i* reported to have r««S Pte K l an f ; nßa ? cmeilt to hox in WEealand rl,d not onbance his reputation when ho met Jerry Suihvan at the Sydney Stadium on June ,19. From the “ Referee - report it would appear that while Evans tor f c . ol,plp roll,,c!s slave a fine display □xui£, Sullivan crowded him so persistently that in tnc toird round Evans went down vuncut being struck and tvas counted on*. Ho complained that he had been hit low, but a medical examination could find no traco of, injury. The Referee ” says:-- • • yP^ earances v *’ ere decidedly against him it Evans did not quit before tile dm 11-pup-1 ike pertinacity of his opponent.*'' Sullivan's weight, was given as £st; Sib, and Evans's *s Sst 21h. v The return' contest at the Sydney Stadium on June 26 between Joe Svmonds and Jacii Green, was full .of thrills all the wav. Symonds gained a points decision, In the first meeting the referee’s decision was a draw, but Hie newspaper opinion was that Hreen 1 should have been returned the winner. Ihe -Sydney Stadium management . hv.s opened negotiations with Jimmy Wilde for a professional visit to Australia'. ’ It was cabled out that Mike O’Dowd, the only American chamnion who took part; ju the Great Fight, had'lost the world’s middleweight championship to J. Wilson. Reports of the bout received Jjy the mail show that the contest' took place at Boston on April 29. and wa.s for twelve rounds. Wilson secured the decision on noinla. and it is stated Flat O’Dowd, agreed that (he championship should go with the referee’s verdict. It is also stated that Wilson was over the middleweight limit, Sind that therefore the .championship could not. be involved. • Possibly the matter will be investigated by the Board ct Control. Wilson’s real name, by the way, is -Giovanni Panics. Vince Blackburn, the Australian featherweight. suffered another defeat in -England. On Juno .14, at (he National Sporting Club, he lost to George Clark; the referee intervening in the. seventeenth round. Blackburn, like Kay. has bc.en seriously affected by Hie English clinjale. Baillicu’s team of boxers left England tor America about the middle of. June. They expert to roach home toward? the end of August. While iu America, Edwards, will meet Johnny' Dundee, ' The. measurements of Jimmy Wilde, tko English midget boxer, show what a. neatly, built fighting machine'he- is. There is no waste of tissue on Wilde’s little frame. Ho is built like a .'greyhound .plenty of muscle blit , little bulk. AVilde stands 5 feet 2J inches in height, and has a reach o[ CS inches, which is d.j inches more than normal. His powerful forearms are as large as his biceps, measuring 10J inches. His chest measures 32J inches and his waist is "only 22 inches. His legs are like bars <f steel. They measure only lot inches at the thigh and 10J - inches at the call. That, is one-half inch less than his forearm, and shows how well he is developed above the waist line in comparison with his lower extremities. . Wilde's neck is hi a weakest parr. It measures only 1-2J inches, which is small for a boxer even of -his diminutive size.