BOXING.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17964, 8 March 1930, Page 7 (Supplement)

BOXING.

EIGHT YEARS A CHAMP

In 1922 Mickey Walker won the world’s welter title from the aged Jack Britton, and ever since then has held some world’s title. He lost the welter crown, and gained 1 the middleweight, and actually came within an ace of winning the cruiserweight. ' He won his middleweight honour by a very doubtful decision from “Tiger” Flowers, but regardless of that, he lias been a great champion in the matter of his willingness to defend the title. 'Last month he defeated his most prominent challenger, Leo Lomski, and 1 never lost a single round. .Walker is 28 years old, and spent

ten of them fighting, and in spite of terrific hammerings by Harry Greb, “Tiger” Flowers, Tommy Loughram, and Mike McTigue, he looks like being champion for some time. GEO. COOK’S COMPLAINT. TROUBLE WI’TH SHARKEY. The cables reported that George Cook quitted Jack Sharkey’s training camp at Maimi, Fla., because Sharkey, who was training for his heavyweight championship bout with Phil Scott, was treating him too rough in the sparring bouts. In an interview Cook said: “I was surprised that Jack

could rfbt lay a glove on me. I have fought both Sharkey and Scott, and I pick Scott to win. Scott has no killing punches, hut he hits harder than Sharkey.’’ •Cook said his reason for leaving Miami was because Sharkey treated him "dirty” in the boxing bouts. He met and defeated "Chuck’’ Wiggings on February 27, and.will now box Christner, ,of Youngstown, Ohio, on March 17.