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Show United Bouts Have Ead Ttclr Izj, ia Itc Cpi:ica of the Hjlit Fa:s.- - ; " The fight fans of this country are be-ginning- to long for the old days when j battles, at least championship battles, Vere fought to a finish. Of. course the limited round battle have some advan-; advan-; tags? and tend to make the fighting faster fas-ter and more interesting to the spectators, specta-tors, but they also have many advantages. advan-tages. It seems hardly- a fair thing for a championship to be won r lost on a decision bj the referee and there ha been much controversy over matches-won matches-won In that manner. . r The BrittCorbett battle Is a large and ehinlng example of thl The fight fans of the country are about equally divided in their opinion as to whether the feather-weight title was won on it merits or not Then. too. Prankie Nell lost his laurels to the English lad without being knocked down or being:, in danger of a knockout at any time, v It certainly seems that It would be more satisfactory to have at least the championship battles go to a finish. The limited round bout is a disadvantage disadvan-tage to a certain style of fighters who, depend not on their speed or cleverness, i but on their punch, and w ho will accept ! three blows from an opponent to land i one. Moreover, It gives a much greater chance to dishonest fighters to fake when they do not have to tight until one is unable to continue. The six-round bouts which have become popular to a certain degree do not bring out the entire en-tire qualities of a fighter and should not be regarded as showing a true view of his -ability. - It is very likely from present Indications Indica-tions that there will be considerable new legislation concerning boxing within the next few years. At least, much legislation legisla-tion is being agitated. |