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FREDDIE WELSH COMING TO U. S,Freddie Wei k1i. (be lightweight.champion of England, will arrive hithis country within two weeks, in search of a fight with Willie Ritchie, tlii' American champion, for the light -! weigh rlNimpinnship of (be world.; Immediately after Welsh defeated■Hugbie Mehegati, the Australian chain i pion, at the National Sporting club of 1 I London, Monday night, ho made the | !announcement that be would sail fur 5 America as r-ocn as ho could book | passage oil cue of the big liners. Billy GlbHon has already cabled Welsh an offer to fight lackey .McFarland,; while Coffroth and Me Carey, the Cab ' ifornia fight promoters, want him to I meet Ritchie.Welsh has alrcarb defeated Ritchie ; in a 20-round bout.
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Ogden City Evening Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Sat, Dec 28, 1912
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