Immediately preceding the Lev-chen ko-Dundee clash. Paul Lojnikoff will make his frst defence of his recently acquired lightweight title when he faces Joe Clara. The holder was a firm favourite yesterday in many circles to win over the ten rounds but plenty of backers for lora were in evidence. Lojnikoff s now completed his training and has never been seen in better con dition. His tour in Japan and Korea has done him a great deal of good and he is a vastly different boxer from the Lojnikof who graced shanghai programmes a few, short years ago. He has improved out of all knowledge and though he is still blessed with the impetuosity of youth, he can box, and box extremely well when he so makes up his mind. Of that there is no doubt. He can hit and hit hard with his right when he gets set and Joe Clara, clever though he may be, be opposed by a rival who knows all the ins and outs of the cauliflower ear game. Clara's chief asset will be his knowledge of the fight game and his genera) ringcraft. He has been boxing the best boys in Shanghai for many years, he is fit and possesses confid ence in his own powers to be able to upset the Russian. He is not likely to lose his head even though the trend of fight goes against him and he will give Lojnikoff a hard time from start to finish of what Special Event should prove to be a close and interesting bout,
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