Show Amateur Boxing Is Not Racket In This Section Mogul Opines McNeil l Answers Charge of National Association Following Following Fol Fol- lowing Adoption of Resolution Amateur boxing has not degraded into a racket in this region Hanold Harold Harold Har Han old McNeil chairman of the intermountain A. A A. A U. U boxing committee declared Wednesday alter aUer being advised that the National Boxing association asso asso- terms simon pure boxing as such We are doing everything humanly possible in Utah Montana and Idaho to keep out the taint of professional professional- Ism isa Mr McNeil said and we will continue to do so He said that it is Js entirely possible that in the larger fight centers including in in- eluding Chicago and New York amateur amateur ama ama- boxing may be tinged with pro pro- pro pro- On numerous occasions we have not riot permitted youths to participate in intermountain A. A A. A U. U fights because charges of professionalism have been lodged against them and in some instances have shown there were grounds for such charges TORONTO Sept 19 P The P-The The National Boxing association today today to to- day branded amateur boxing in inthe inthe inthe the United States a racket declared declared de de- dared in a resolution that there is concrete evidence that many American amateurs are arc in reality professionals The resolution was adopted for submission to the president of ot the American Amateur Amateur- Athletic union The brief proposed enactment of rules which will eliminate any boxer from the open class after he has performed in that class for Cor three years continuously It was not believed this step would prevent boxers from entering national tournaments or Olympic competition Creation of a division to be known as CI Class A A was suggested suggest suggest- ed for boxers who have had three years of continuous open competition The association warned III If this is impossible the N B A feels that they will have to take the entire amateur boxing situation situ into its own hands and stop amateur boxing until the whole situation is Li cleared up and made clean |