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Show NEW BOXING RULES WILL BE DISCUSSED BY AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN EIGHT FOLLOWERS J NEW VRK. Dec. 5 Followinc thr ("arpentler -Beckett contest In London, for the European heavyweight championship, cham-pionship, then was a meeting In the British capital, according 10 private advices received here, of the- leading i reprcsentath es of American and European Euro-pean boxing bodies to consider a new set of ring regulations to BUpeneAe the Marquis of Queensberry rules which for decades have goerned the bouts In all parts of the world. Rousseau president of the French Fed eration of Boxing; A. F. Beetlnson o! the National Spot-tin club; Eugene iCorri. the famous referee, Victor Brevier, Brev-ier, the French promoter, and other I prominent boxlnj; authorities At ih" I meeting a i pn ntatlve of the army, navy and civilian board of boxing control con-trol of America and the International Sport Ing club of New York submitted j the draft of the new set to be known as the International Boxin;: Rules. Private advices indicated thai the new regulations found l"aor and probably will be adopted after some minor alterations al-terations as the rules of the International Interna-tional Boxing federation for the control con-trol of the ring contests throughout the world. Gist of Ruieo The gist of the rules as submitted at the London conference Is as follows fol-lows : The proposed weight classes will include; in-clude; flyweight, 112 pounds; bantam weigh'. 118 pounds; featherweight, 12ft pounds, lightweight, 186 pounds; wel terw eight, J47 pounds; middleweight, 16't pounds; heavy weight, 17.1 pound and over. Under the new rules, all weights will be made eicht hours before be-fore the men enter the rinc The ring will measure twentj feet inside the ropes with at least one inch of soft padding upon the floor and the gong, sounding the beginning and end of the round, must be at least ten inches in diameter- Gloves worn by the boxers shall weich not less than six ounces each, and no boxer shall Oje permitted to u.-e hand bandxgtr l more than six feet lone or more than l one and one-half Inches wide, and the material mus' be of soft substance. No shoes shall be worn which have Lard soles cr heels, ciratr or Bplkos. Decision by Vote. Future bopti vmI! be judged by two JudrreK and a referee, who shall cast a vote, but must acree with one or rhe other Judge or call the bout a draw. The referee shall also count out a boei who drops to the flcor without Ik,-,:; h; and in case such, boxer goes down under such conditions after arising from a legitimate knockdown knock-down ihe count shall begin from the point wikere he ,-r. s from such icciti ma'e knockdown Ih- judges' drel sions shll be based tipon effect iv aeas or damage accompli died and w hore cf fectlveness Is equal then aggresiive-nes aggresiive-nes shall ce.unt. A boxer shall be considered "down' vh n any part of his body, other than his feet, are on the floor, or wher hanging helpless on the ropes, but the i referee shall be the judge of .ui'h 8 condition on the rope and the boxe shall not be considered "down" on the ropes until referee so calls. tmong the fouls covered In the new rules is one that a boxer arising from the floor followinc a knockdown I: fouled if struck before he is In de fensive position As a further protec tion. the scorer of a knockdown must retire to the far corner of the rinj after such knockdown, and If h. does not the count over his fallen opponent shall cease until he takes his proper position in such corner. Among 8 long series of recommendations recommenda-tions sucgested for the' combined co operation of ihe boxing organizations Ol the world la one providing that ihe winner of an International champion hip must defend his title within one year after winning same, and every six months thereafter against the best available opponent or forfeit all ilcht to such champion -hip an.i emblematic i t rophy. |