Henry Armstrong, negro welterweight champion, after bowling over another victim last night said that he had abandoned plans to oppose Ceferino Garcia next month for the world middleweight title because of the Filipino's inability to make the contracted weight limit, He said that Garcia refused to get down to the 150-pound mark, which Armstrong stipulated Garcia must weigh. Consequently, he said, the "fight is off."
George Parnassus, Garcia's manager who just arrived in San Francisco by Clipper from Manila, however, said the fight would be held, reports from San Francisco said.
Parnassus said Garcia will meet Armstrong carrying a weight of 155 pounds despite all reports of Armstrong's attempts to cancel the bout.—United Press, Hollywood, Jan. 6.
Billy Conn, handsome young cruis ser weight champion of the world, may, it is rumoured, try his hand in the films as other world champions have done, while trying to increase his weight for a fight with Bob Pastor. Conn refused to comren} on reports that he might play in a picture based on the exploits of the late Jim Corbett, former heavyweight champion of the world. His manager, Johnny Ray, stated that Buy would rest for two months and try to gain weight. Then he would fight Pastor next summer, and Joe Louis, for the heavyweight title, in the autumn.—Reuter.
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