Les Darcy Taken Under 'Tex' Rickard's "Wing" as He Arrives from Australia (New York Herald December 24 1916)
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1916
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Les Darcy was an Australian boxer, whose career spanned from 1910 to 1917. He was born near Maitland in 1895, and his amazing career record and boxing prowess earned him the nickname ‘The Maitland Wonder’. MRAG has a vast Les Darcy collection, celebrating and preserving the memory of the young boxing legend.
Tex Rickard was an American promoter who worked with Darcy when he first arrived in the United States. Rickard had plans for Darcy to fight with Frenchman Georges Carpentier at Madison Square Gardens, but they fell through.
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