Selected as Most Helpful To Nation's Boxing New York, Dec. 9.
Jack Dempsey, former world heavyweight champion and one of the world's most popular boxers, was honoured by America's outstanding boxing writers today.
The men who view fights from the n side held their annual conference toda:
and decided that Dempsey, who is now content to manage his well-known "chop house" in New York and referee fights, had done more fine work to help boxing*dur ing the past year than any other man. either in the ring or out.
They rewarded him for his effort io lift boxing to high levels by handing him the: coveted- Edward Neit Memorial Award. Dempsey was ver: active this year in criticizing fight which he thought were not on the level Henry Armstrong, the little negro whirlwind who became the only boxer in history to possess- three fully recognized world titles at one time, was given honourable mention in the voting of the award.
The negro is at present the world welterweight and lightweight champion, having saba the featherweight championship because of difficulty in making the necessary weight limit.—United Press.
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