Seven Titles Awarded to Pugilists from America Paris, Nov. 17.
Seven world championships were awarded to United States boxers by the International Boxing Union here to-day. Battling Siki was deprived of his title of light heavyweight champion of the world the category being left vacant. America made a clean sweep of all the other classes, The National Boxing Association of America was requested by the International union to design nate an American light heavyweight champion or organize competition among the boxers of this class, the finals to be held before July 31, 1924.
The International union will organize a similar competition in Europe and the winners in the two competitions will meet to decide Siki's successor to the title. Georges Carpentier, owing to his failure to respond to the French Boxing Federation's request of August 25 is debarred from _competing for the championship in Europe.
Tex O'Rourke, representing the United States, was asked to arrange for presentation by the American National Boxing Association before January 1 of a set of regulations governing future championship events, to replace the rules now in force. The new regulations will follow out" the spirit of the existing ones.
The following boxers were recognized as world champions by the Union:—Flyweight, Pancho Villa; bantamweight, Joe Lynch welterweight, Mickey Walker: middleweight, Harry Greb; heavyweight, Jack Dempsey.
The European champions im the of Belgium, Bugler Lake, of Eng-same order are: Michel Mostreuil,
land; Eugene Criqui, of France;
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