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Show CHAMPION PUGILISTS FILL THEIR COFFERS The. earning power of a pugilistic champion is unlimited if said champion is capable of defending his laurels for any extended spell of time. Take Willie Ritchie, for example. When Willie was the lightweight peer, after dethroning Wolgast, he fought six r?aU battles, including in-cluding the one with Welsh, the latter bout costing him the title. In this half dozen exhibitions. Ritchie's share amounted to ?P5.CH)0 and added to this, during the period, was 535,000 for the-1 the-1 atrieaJ work. The following ..list shows i what Ritchie received for each bout: Joe Rivers $19,000 1 Ieach Cross S.OOQ Ad Wolgast 13.000 Tommy Murphy 17,500 Charley White' 10.000 Freddie Welsh 25,000 $97,500 Theatrical work . . $35,000 Grand total $132,500 Welsh, since ascending the lightweight pinnacle, which was just six months ago, has cleared over $50,000, of which about $11,000 was earned on the stage. |