The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
4 BOXING CROWNS
ARE LOST IN 1922,
BUFF LOSING PAIR
Defeat of Carpenter by
Sikh Was Years Big
est Sensation

-Four champions were separated
from their titles during a rather
tempestuous year IN boxing, Johnny
Buff being a victim OF two major
operations. The relgning sensation,
however, was the stunning knockout
Of Georges Carpenter by Battling
Sikh a half savage from Senegal.
in bout for the worlds light
heavyweight championship. The So
called orchid man" as a iO-to-1
shot before the bout, but Sikh led
all the way after the second round
and scored a clean knockout in the
sixth.
Charges and counter charges were
aired after the affair. each accusing
the other of foul tactics. Only "a
short time ago the Senegalese, sus-
pended and deprived of his title by
the French authorities for unbecom-
ing conduct, gave out statement
to the effect that the bout was
framed. The question of return
fight is being considered.
This was only one of many bouts
in which form turned handsprings.
a case in point was the Mickey
Walker-Jack Britton fight, in which
the welterweight title changed
hands. Britton was an odds,on ia
vorite until short time before the
men entered the ring, when the bet
ting shifted suddenly to Walker.
walker Wins Easily.
Because of this, the New York
state athletic commission called off
all bets, an unprecedented action so
far as modern pugilism is concerned.
Walker easily earned the decision,
buffeting Britton all over the ring
during the last nine rounds.
AT the start of the year Buff was
the proud owner OF the worlds BAN
tamweight and the American fly
weight titles. and at the end he owns
neither. Joe Lynch deprived him OF
the bantamweight belt by scoring a
knockout in the thirteenth round,
and little brown man from the
rice paddles of the Philippines sub
sequently came along TO tlatten Buff
for the long count in the tenth round
thus acquiring the flyweight title
The little brown man was Pancho
Villa, unknown and unsung II
months before.
Tunney Succumbs.
Another dethroned champion was
ATtlt i u4ll4FSs III Ill IS t4AA NANt any
ment Gene allowed himself 10 be
inveigled into a match with Harry
Greb, with the American light
heavyweight title at stake, and Greb
failed his way to an easy victory at
the end OF IS rounds. At the end
Tunneys face had been reduced TO
human hamburger.
Jack Dempsey signed an agree
ment to meet Harry wills Tor the
heavyweight title at the insistence
of the New York state athletic COM
mission, but nothing has come of 1t.
The commission had set q precedent
in this respect by suspending john
ny Kilbanc and Johnny Wilson Tor
failure to accept challenges for Their
respective featherweight and mid
dleweight titles Both champion
ships were declared vacated, but TINS
decision was not accepted In othef
states,
Leonard Active.
Benny Leonard had his most ac-
tive year since falling heir TO the
lightweight crown. This he defended
successfully against Rocky Kansas,
Ever Hammer and Lew Tender, the
Iast-named collaborating in the
greatest lightweight attraction since
Cans first met Nelson, At the end
of 70 nO-deCisiOn rounds Leonatd
was awarded the unofficial verdict
bv great majority Of the critics,
although Tender had the champion
in distress in the eighth round a
crowd of nearly eighty thousand
witnessed the bout the greatest
turnout since the memorable atta!r
between Dempsey and Carpenter