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From Reuters News Service...Paris...Curran Defeats Thorsen...The principal event at the Cirque de Paris last night was the 12-round contest between Petty Officer Matthew Curran of Lisdeen, holder of the European heavyweight title, and Bjarni Thorsen the Norwegian...the men had passed the scale at well over 13st and seemed in fine condition...the boxing was of an exceptionally fast description with the larger man, Thorsen, landing the heavier blows...in the sixth round Curran came into his own, scoring with both hands to body, face and jaw...one blow in particular opened a serious wound inside Thorsen's left eye and he bled profusely, spattering those at ringside, including M. Lepine the Prefect of Police...When Thorsen's corner was unable to stop the flow of blood and he was taking much unnecessary punishment, Referee Corri was instructed to halt the contest, at which point he raised the arm of PO Curran...Directly afterwards it was learned Mr. Corri had given five rounds to Thorsen and only one to Curran...In the co-feature Georges Carpentier, Lievin, met Raymond Berenger of Caudry and knocked him out in the fifth round...At the Scottish National Athletic Club Laurie Cameron, Airdrie, won narrowly on points over Derek Beattie, Perth, in a 10-round contest for the Scots championship in the dreadnought class...Beattie felt he'd done enough to gain the verdict and refused to shake hands with Cameron...At the Royal Albert Hall Frenchman Marc Gaucher scored a one-sided technical knockout over former Empire and European champion John L Gardner in seven rounds, and James "Gunner" Moir knocked out the Dane Fredrik "Battling" Johnsson in six...At Tower Circus, Blackpool, Joe Beckett knocked out Jack Palmer in 4 rounds of hard brawling, not giving Palmer space to use his superior boxing skills...On the same card young Tom Cowler of Hansingham, Cumberland put away Geoff Thorne, Greenwich, in the final minute of their six-round contest...At Leith Hall, Sandy MacNab, Inverness, was given the nod over American Battling Jim Johnson in a very close fight that many thought should have been called a draw...The IBU, through the European Boxing Union, is making a concerted push to promote boxing, both amateur and professional, in its member states and is finding particularly fertile ground in Magyarorszag (Hungary), Polska (Poland), Deutschland (Germany), Italia (Italy) and the Nordic countries...At a seaside hotel in Torquay Tommy Burns and Iron Hague meet to officially sign the articles of agreement for their upcoming fight...Both men already appear to be in fighting shape and will only need a week or two to finish their training...