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Show International Boxing Boom Is Goal of New National Association Matches Between Title Holders Of Various Nations to be Promoted More Frequently Aims of New Body Constructive Sound Reason Rules. i BY itrx r:lo K.) NEW TORK. Jan. II. Boxing will t.e given an Internal iona boom be-fete be-fete 1011 la mi asonlha older If Ihe aoavU.fnrmoil Va l iniia 1. lii nig aaaoclatlon of the 1'nlted fitates haa Its sir. Ont of the alma of the new organization la a roser relationship w fth the boxing aolong of foreign countrlea. and as a result It Is ronri1ni l. e-pected e-pected that not only will boxing he governed In the near future hy a code of International rulea but that International matrheg between the title holders of the various nations which footer boxing will he staged more frequent l. The new national boxing body received an unexpected and, the writer beltevea, undeeerved surprise when the N-.v York State Boxing commission and the Maaaaohuaetta Boxing aaaoclatlon declined to become charter members. Yet the new organisation la a hardy, bouncing infant that wlli, or should, grow like a weed, and In 4ue course of time New York and Maaeachuaetta will become affiliated with It. At least thla la the outlook at present. A lata CaMtrtsev1va. Tha alma of tha new body ara constructive con-structive and aenatbla. It will or hopes to put a oheck to boxing 's to. boggsn alia. 1(1,9 th pitfall or fren-tled fren-tled flnanr whletl, alnc the war, has threatened Ihe vary Ufa of tha game. Ii will keep bosera, managers and piAmoters within th bounds of reason rea-son and will legislate acalnst undesirable unde-sirable features that have alwsvs aroused public complaint. And once U stands functioning with full power It will take a atep that la bound to meet with countrywide approval, namely, to Insist that champion- de. fend their title at least twice a year If suitable challenger ara In the field to compete for them. rive Tlilea Here. The t'ntted States can bostt of no nun .I' worm tiuenoiflers in Jo L-nch. Benny Leonard, Jack I Brltfon. Johnny Wilson and Jack Dempsey. .Mmmy Wilde, of London. Is still th flyweight champion with little chsnce of be.ng dethrone eoraes Csrpen-tler Csrpen-tler eettled the light -heavy we'ght argument ar-gument when he knocked out Battling Levinsky. and the featherweight tine la open according to a majority of box. ing authorities, who contend that Johnny Kilbano cannot rtghtfutrr claim It. ' port .rowing. But though the I'nlted States pre-oomtnateo pre-oomtnateo in boxing mm u dnes in nearly eveiy other sport, tha game is growing In other countries. England la the oldest boxing natinn. and, sad to relate. from the Kngltshman a viewpoint, at least, practically trails the "peck- Insofar aa the development of II karat boxers Is conoerned. A quartet hf a century ago Kngland Australia and the l otted mate. I. rid a monopoly on the worlds boxing endeavor. en-deavor. Since that lime, however. Prance haa taken to the sport like a duck to water. Belgium, (.ennat.y and a half dosen other Kuropean countries are going In for boxing in earnest and tha prospects for the future fu-ture of tha (ama were never brighter. Bclglas I.lkee It. Belgium haa made a notable advance. ad-vance. Albert Wyne, who now holds . the featherweight chvmptonshlp of Europe I a notable example of the progreae made In Belgium. Wyna won hie right to tha title by knocking out i Mike Honeyman. the English feath-lerwelght feath-lerwelght title holder and beating eev I oral other Kuropean featherweights who aspired to the crown. He Is now In , Austral. a. where he le reported ia be meeting with greet success and where he undoubtedly will find plenty of action. Oaorge Carpentlar haa done more to boom boxing In France than anv Frenchman who aver drew on a glove. Hie native country la now a atrong-held atrong-held for boxing, whereas a few years ago Frenchmen treated tha gam with weight s nd Herman is a bantam, which affords balm for Wilde and his edmirers. in Australia boxing is tsken just as seriously and followed just an enthusiastically en-thusiastically as In this country or fn Kngland. and while the present crop of Australian or other foreign boxers Is comparatively mediocre. when placed alongside of our boxers, most of these nations have a complete list of boxing championa. Farelga Title Rsllege. In most foreign countries a homebred home-bred boxer cannnt . lose his nsttnnal title to sn Invader from a foreiqn nation, na-tion, and an lmpresMion to the con-trary con-trary that lias prevailed in the minds of some boxing fans is a misiaken one In fact, the rule applies to the t nitd States in a sense, for w hi le some nf our champions, such at Knx.simmons, Krne and McAuliffe. bets me racog. nixed A merles nJ ite holders. they adopted" tjiis country as tlt-eir own. In Knglsnd only a native and permanent resident ran win a national title or hold a Lonsdale belt. For Instance-Georges Instance-Georges Carpentier ia not heavyweight passive Interest. Wilde Flse Fighter. Jimmy Wild la tha one Engllah hoxer of today an whom tha Briton may look with pride, and this dsplte his knockout at tha handa of Pete Herman. Wilds Is a legitimate fly. champion of Kngland because of his victory over Jos Beckett. He la the European heavyweight champion, and Beckett la still king baa of Brltlah heavyweights. With 1921 holding forth premiss of greater activity In flsticuffa than aver before. |