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Jersey Joe's Manager Intends To Break Contract Far Largest OfferWaUott Assured Quarter Million At Los Angeles; Others WanL To PromoteWASHINGTON HP) — Heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott was scheduled to hear title-defense offers from independentpromoters liere today at a conference that might inspire his break' ing away from the International Boxing Club.Manager Felix Bocchichio said, 'If the best offer is so big that promoter Jim Norris of the IBC can’t match It, Walcott will take the offer.”Bocchichio explained that a prip-cipal at the conference would be “a West Coast public relations counsel” who is representing three dll-, ferent promoters, in Los Angeles, Detroit and Las Vegas, Nev.Contender Harry Matthews of Seattle and manager Jack Hurley were here to conclude negotiations immediately in case a Walcott-Mat. thews title fight was selected for Los Angeles in early May. OFFERED $250,000 GUARANTEEBocchichio said the representative had a guarantee, of $25tf.O0O from a well-known movie actress for Jersey Joe to defend against Matthews In the California metropolis.Walcott’s pilot said he hadn’tof afters for alearned yet the sizesscdefense against Matthews, Ijlzzard Charles or Rocky Marciano in either Las Vegas or Detroit. He understood, that Spike Briggs, president of the Detroit Tigers, was on$ of the auto-city sportsmen interested in a Walcott title fight.Manager Hurley said, “I’nj confident Matthews will get U?e title shot. Wha,t other opponent can get Walcott a guarantee of $250,000? Harry and Joe can draw a milli AJter reviving tody's Bocchichio will confer with Norris .at Coral Gables. Fla., on Friday or Saturday.PLAN TO BREAK CONTRACTIf Norris cant mat4h our best offer. I’ll ask him to release Walcott from his five-year, first-call .contract,” he .explained. MA$d ifhe won* give up the release, we’ll take the offer anyway. And’ we'll let our lawyers handle the derails.” Jersey Joe wih nofc make hia first defense, until early fcflay. his pilot«ald-the New York Boxing Ccwniis-,W Siit has indicated unofticlaHydt wantsghristenberry said today. “Opr commission will not recognise a Wal-cott-Matthews fight as a title bout because Matthewses not ajguinea defense against anyone, he will not go into the ring recognized as champion by New Ylt;£k State.”a«
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Dunn, North Carolina, US
Wed, Jan 30, 1952
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