BOXING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 84, 21 January 1936, Page 2

BOXING.

JOE LOUIS KNOCKS OUT RETZLAFF. BOUT LASTS 1* MINUTES. NEW YORK, Jan. 18. j It took Joo Louis only one minute and twenty-five seconds at Chicago tonight to add Charley Retzlaff to his long list of knock-out victims. A crowd of 15,000 paid about 80,000 dollars to see the fight, which few expected to last more than a few rounds. Retzlaff was knocked completely limn, however, almost before the spectators were aware that a bout was under way. After Retzlaff had missed with his first punch, Louis unleashed a shower of paralysing rights and' lefts which he rained on his opponent’s head, face, and jaw. Retzlaff dropped to the floor for the count of seven, but managed to regain his feet, only to fall again, this time for the full count. Louis weighed 14st 3;?lb and Retzlaft'l 14st 21lb. BOUT DECLARED “NO CONTEST.” SYDNEY, January 20. At the Stadium to-night a bout between the Dutch boxer, Bob Donars (list Gib) and the coloured American, Tommy Jones (lOst 131 b), was declared no contest in the third round. Jones was in good form, but his opponent’s display was distinctly poor.

RING DECISIONS. AN AMERICAN PROPOSAL. MOTION TO DISCARD JUDGES. If a proposal by Mr Edward C. Poster, president of the National Boxing Association, U.S.A., is carried into effect, there will be a reversion to the old system of having a referee alone to adjudge the winner of a contest. He suggests the discarding of judges.

Mr Foster started his crusade at the recent ranking meeting of the association, but after preliminary discussion it was decided to defer the matter for further consideration at a later meeting.

In support of his proposal Mr Foster mid: “Judges stationed at fixed positions view the fight from different angles. What one sees the other! doesn’t, because they have different physical views of what is happening. “My recommendation is that the! referee, and only the referee, he tliej judge of boxing contests. He is in a position to see what is going on at alii times, and if he is qualified for his position should know more about boxing than any judges who may be ap-j pointed.” j Commenting on this proposal, a Mel-I bourne critic states that Australia'has had sufficient confidence in the ability and integrity of referees to he satisfied, with the one-man system. America has discovered a. middleweight in Fred Steele, of Tacoma, whom one writer considers as likely to’ create as great a sensation in his class as Jcc. Louis has in the heavy-weights. Steele did not start boxing until 1932,1 and his record for the three years covered by the latest book issued isj liberally studded with k.o. victories. j

At present Steele is ranked third by : the N.B.A. His admirers claim that! he will be first if ever he meets Risko.j