Boxing comes to the fore again tonight with the presentation at the Canidrome Gardens, under the sponsorship of the Auditorium, of a well-balanced programme of seven events. in the principal of which "Chuck" Haines of the Fourth Marines will meet Peter Lojnikoff, stellar Russian boxer, to decide their respective merits as title-seekers for the crown being vacated on Monday with the departure of Gaspare Allessandri, the Italian Grenadier who. holds ' the Lightweight Championship of China.
Haines wound up his training for tonight's ten-round main event on Wednesday and although yesterday was Thanksgiving, indulged in a light work-out in preparation for the important contest this evening. His handlers report the development of a new and telling punch which, they claim, may see Haines, who has won many decisions but no clean-cut knock-outs, develop into a "K.O." threat.
Lojnikoff, on the other hand, went through his usual training schedule yesterday, it being little Peter's prac-lice to train, day in and day out, whether there is a fight in the offing or not.
To do battle in this evening's eight-round, semi-final, are Homer Slack, member of the Augusta's squad, and Kella Usefovitch, champion of North China, both clever men with their "dukes."
Cho Young, Korean feather-lightweight, who now scales in at 128 Ib.. is featured in the six-round special event against Basil Onufreichuk, speedy Russian civilian scrapper. Both hit hard and often, and it should not be surprising were this bout to end before it is three rounds old.
Two other. six-round contests are carded, one being between Freddie Leemans of the Fourth Marines, a hard-hitting and promising middleweight, and Anatole Bavet.
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