New York, Feb, 15, Resurrecting the ninth clivis n in boxing:
Edward J. Foster of Providence, R.I., executive secretary of the National Boxing Association, believes that the International Boxing Conference at Rome, starting April 19, will adopt a new weight division in the sport, He expects the conference to approve a division between the light-heavyweight 175-pound division and heavies weighing 215 pounds or more. Chances are this division will be called "middle heavyweight" or sómething like that—if adopted, You will recall that the National Boxing Association for several years had junior lightweight and junior welterweight divisions, I do not recall that those divisions ever were recognized in New York State, However, when the late William Muldoon was'the powerhouse of the New York Commissión, that body tried to introduce a ninth weight -division called the. "Dreadnought," for big fellows schjing more than 220 pounds, Muldoon [pdmjed this division to prevent giants like. Prime " Camera, Jose Seonis,"Rüy Impellettiere, etc, ffóm fighting chaps whose weight was scarcely more than the 175- pound limit, That is the same idea back of this new division to be considered at Rome,
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