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Show Ii! ' AMATEUR BOXING IS j j DISCUSSED By BDftRD !j Uncle Sam Gets Three Votes in Boxing Conference Now I Being Held ! ' PARIS, Feb. 7 Amateur bo.xing wasj i 'I;! discussed by the international borcing' , congress at its session yesterday.! A Representation in the international i j federation of amateur boxing was tak- ' en up. It was decided lhat Great Brit-, , ain, France and the United States will have three votes each nnd Belgium, j I Australia, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark; j. , Holland, Norway, Sweden, Argentina' ,11 i and Brazil one each. I The amateur boxing champions, or j ' the world, it was decided, are winners of the 190S Olympics who will hold 1 their titles until the next 'Olympic game3 at Antwerp. Resolutions with regard to the box-j box-j I ing competitions at the Olympic ; ( games were adopted. They provide ' lhat the championships be limited to! lour days and that each nation be por-j jjl milted to have two representatives in ) each class. The length of the contests A j were discussed, but no decision wrs! "'j reached. . I Tho congress later designated the ji professional boxing champions of Eu-I Eu-I rope as follows: Flyweight, Jimmy j jl Wilde; Bantamweight, Charles Ledoux featherweight, vacant; lightweight, va-'! va-'! cant, owing to the amputation of the i II f left hand ol Louis de Pontlieu; wester-' wester-' weight. Albert Badoud; middleweight, v Vacant, light heavyweight, and heavy-It heavy-It weight, Georges Carpentier. 1 1 ! The following boxers are recognized I J ' fii Europe- as professional champions I of the world, it was decided: ) Flyweight, Jimmy Wilde; bantam-1 bantam-1 weight, "Peto" Herman; feather-I feather-I weight, Johnny Kilbane: lightweight, I . Benny Leonard; .welterweight, Jack j, Brjtton; middleweight. Mike O'Dowd; Y 1 1 lightweight, vacant, and heavyweight, J ' ; Jack Dcmpscy. |