Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-12-23 | Page 22 | Cleveland Ring Group Okehs Light-Heavy Go

Cleveland Ring 4 Group Light-Heavy Light Go CLEVELAND Dec 23 UP The J The Cleveland boxing commission Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day said it would recognize the wInner winner winnet win wIn- ner net of the Ezzard Charles-Archie Charles Moore bout here Jan 13 as the light heavyweight champion and recommended mended to the National Boxing that similar action be bo taken in 30 member states Commission Chairman Andr Andrew w asserted als also that If light heavyweight hea Champion Gus Lesnevich Lesnevich Lesne- Lesne vich Would agree to meet the winner win win- ner ncr of the bout the commission would classify it as a r meeting eting of two outstanding challengers chal hal hal- lengers for the crown At our N B A convention In Montreal said representatives J of several states voiced objection to champions staging tag ng rematches re rc- matches with men they had beaten decisively Lesnevich Knocked out Billy Foxa t winter and Charles No 1 contender In the l' l B A rating Lesnevich and Fox have been matched for or a championship bout boutin in Madison Square Garden In NewYork New NewYork York on March 5 who re recently protested to toAbe toAbe toAbe Abe Greene president of N B A against Lesnevich being with Fox In a title bout declared Greene Green had written him to do everything possible to carry out N B A policies of pitting champions champions' against No 1 contenders Present at the commission meetIng meetIng meetIng meet- meet Ing DI also o were Jake Take Mintz of Cincinnati Cin Cm- manager of Charles and Charles Johnston of Newark N. N J. J manager of More Moore Moore of Baltimore and the I Cincinnati fighter later met In I Atkins Atkins' office to sign for the bout oJ