BOXING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19367, 25 July 1925, Page 6

BOXING

DEMPSEY’S LATEST. WILLING TO MEET GREB. TEN ROUNDS FOR WORLD’S i TITLE. Received July 24, 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK. July 23. A message from Chicago states that; Floyd Fitzsimmons, boxing promoter, has announced that Dempsey has approved of a bout with Harry Grab, middleweight champion. Fitzsimmons : states that, he talked with Dempsey; over the telephone, and the champion i approved of the bout. Fitzsimmons then wired Mason. Grob’s manager, to discuss details. The I promoter wants to stage the bout on September 10 or 2(1. It will be held at Michigan City, and will be of ten rounds, with the heavyweight title at stake. A KNOCK-OUT. Received Julv 24. S p.m. NEW YORK. July 23. Charley Rosenberg, World's bantamweight champion, knocked out Eddie Shea, of Chicargo, in the fourth round of a fifteen-round bout for the title. OUT-POINTED. Received Julv 24. S p.m. LONDON, duly 22. | Johnson outpointed Ring in <a fifteen i round bout at Manchester. THE NEW CHAMPION NEW YORK. July 15. Th l ' New York Athletic Commission 1 has named Frankie Genaro as flyweight champion of the world in succession to Pancho Villa, whose death was announced recently. Genaro is an Italian-American. 23 years of ago. He boxed as an amateur 1 up to 11'20, when ho became a profesj sional. He beat Yilla on March 1. • 1923, in Now York, for the flyweight j championship of the United States. Me 'failed to get a match for the world's | championship with Villa, who, because I of his attitude, was suspended for 12 i months by the New York Athletic Commission. I ANOTHER VETERAN TO COME BACK

Following on the reported “come back.’’ of Joe Jeannette comes the statement that Tom Sharkey, another famous old-time heavyweight boxer, has announced his intention of returning to the ring, and has already taken out a boxing license in California. Sharkev, who was born at Dundalk, Ireland, has been out of the game now for 21 years, his last, real contest being his no-decision bout with Jack Monroe in Philadelphia in 1901. His present ago is 51. Sharkey started boxing in 1896, beating among others in his long career such good men as Joe (’hoynski, Gus Kulilin, and Kid McCoy. The veteran Irishman also fought a no-decision contest with the great .John L. Sullivan, and won on a foul against Bob Fitzsimmons. Like Jeannette, Sharkey is apparently of opinion that the present crop of heavyweights is so poor that any old-timer who has kept himself in good condition should bo able to pick up some easy money.

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Alark Carroll, who won the Wellington Centre featherweight championship, is trained by Tom Souter at. his local school. Wanganui did not hold their championships, as Carroll was allowed to represent Manawatu. This boy will be hard to beat in lhe New Zealand Championships at Christchurch next month. Wesht .bantam) and Waldron (Wcl r. i, also from Manawatu, won their class. This trainer’s class at Bulls is growing each week. There are about 37 pupils now, and some promising lads have joined up. The Young-Parker fight, has been hold up in the meantime., and will probably come off next month. The Batea tournament is to take place on July 31, when an amateur night will be put on. Roy Forward, Reg Giles, Joe Hitchcock, and probably Morry O'Brien, “Giilger'' \ erran and Coulson will have fights, while the star bouts will be Mark Carroll v. Teddy Mercer, and Waldron v. Duggan. In the event of Waldron being unable to make the trip Morry O’Brien will take his place. By the way, O'Brien lights WaJdron at Dannexirke on July 29. A six stone three boy in the school at Bulls, named Forbes, will fight any boy his. weight in the North Island. This boy is going to be some good.