A WELL-KNOWN BOXING REFEREE. Mr. I. J. Fake (“Ike”) is one of the bestknown North Island boxing enthusiasts. He acts permanently as the referee to the Manawatu Boxing Association, and by request for the Levin and Hawke’s Bay Associations. He has refereed in 154 contests, and as he disapproves of the “knock-out” in amateur contests, believing that the merits of the contestants can be ascertained before that stage is reached, there have only been three such terminations to matches under his control. Mr. Fake is one of the few referees in New Zealand who go into the ring with the men, instead of viewing the proceedings from the ringside. and he trains as assiduously as the combatants for tourneys. He is an old-time boxer himself, and can tell many a story of old bare knuckle days.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 9, 2 March 1910, Page 36

A WELL-KNOWN BOXING REFEREE. Mr. I. J. Fake (“Ike”) is one of the bestknown North Island boxing enthusiasts. He acts permanently as the referee to the Manawatu Boxing Association, and by request for the Levin and Hawke’s Bay Associations. He has refereed in 154 contests, and as he disapproves of the “knock-out” in amateur contests, believing that the merits of the contestants can be ascertained before that stage is reached, there have only been three such terminations to matches under his control. Mr. Fake is one of the few referees in New Zealand who go into the ring with the men, instead of viewing the proceedings from the ringside. and he trains as assiduously as the combatants for tourneys. He is an old-time boxer himself, and can tell many a story of old bare knuckle days.