Who was Britain's greatest winning fighter in 1927? The name of Tommy Farr leaps to the mind, but his fame arose not so much from his victories over Foord, Baer and Neusel, as from his defeat by Louis. There is glamour about heavyweight boxing that never seems to alight on the men in other classes, who frequently are more entitled to the spotlight than the big fellows, Britain' greatest winning fighter for 1937 was Benny Lynch, the world's champion flyweight, His points victory over Small Montana in Janua was memorable, but his finest achievement was his knock-out win over Peter Kane, one of the most promising of young boxers with an impressive record of conquests. This fight was regarded by most boxing enthusiasts as the best On Friday evening two postponed matches of the Mixed Doubles were played off, Mrs. Stokes and Berents (OF. International) winning from Mrs. Morcher and Forbes (C.S.F. British) in three straight setts—15-8, 15-11 and 15-4.
At the Unión Church Mrs. Duff and Chelmis (Church) gained a decisive victory against Mrs. Prolle and Chaillon (C.S/F. Internhtional) the final scores being 15-1, 15-1 and 15-1.
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