BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 205, 30 August 1926, Page 13

BOXING.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. CONCLIJPED AT RAPIER. BANTAM-WEIGHT TO AUCKLAND. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NAPIER, Sunday. The New Zealand amateur boxing championships concluded last night before a large attendance. The Treston Challenge Shield was won from Napier by Wellington. Results: — Bantam-weight. Semi-finals: F. Taylor (Auckland) beat D. Kilpatiick (Wellington); N. Kieley (Greymouth) beat H. Larsen (Wellington). Final: Taylor beat Kieley. The latter opened emartly, but Taylor soon recovered, and led on points at the end of the second round. The Greymouth lad made an effort to catch up the leeway in the third round, but the Aucklander was equal to the occasion, and secured the verdict. Fly-weight. Final: L. Purton (Greymouth) beat N. Cammick (Auckland). This pair gave a bright exhibition, and they were popular with the onlookers. Feather-weight. J. Franklin (Gisborne) beat R. Forward (Wanganui); T. Donovan (New Plymouth) beat N. Reeve (Taneatua); J. Leckie (Otago) beat Franklin. Final: Leckie beat Donovan. The latter rushed matters at the opening, but Leskie smothered well and returned some telling lefts. The Taranaki man's face was a target for- well-directed lefts and rights. In the second round Donovan went for a knock-out, but his swings were wild. Keeping a steady head the Otago boy fought Donovan to a standstill. Light-weight. Semi-final: H. Kindley (Otago) beat E. Morgan (Wellington). Final: Kindley beat Phillips (Hastings). Phillips was floored for eight in the eecond round. He came up smiling, but wae sent down again, and the referee stopped the fight. Welter-weight. J. Nelson (Greymouth) beat F. Smitheram (North Otago); R. La Roussee (Auckland) beat T. Urwin (Wellington). Final: Nelson beat La Roussee. The contest was tame in the first two rounde, but in the last the Aucklander inflicted some effective blows. The judges disagreed, and the referee's decision in favour of Neleon was loudly disapproved. Middle-weight. C. Pocock (Christ-church) beat A. Mitchell (Auckland) A. Cleverley (Wellington) beat A. Cotter (Greymouth). Final: Cleverley beat Pocock. The winner made good use of his height and reach to find his opponent's jaw. Poeock improved toward the end of the second round, and was aggressive in the third, but he was too far behind to turn the scale. It was a gruelling fight, and went to Cleverley on the' referee's decision. • Light Heavy-weight. Final: G. Evatt (Wellington) beat A. Hogg (Auckland). This was a splendid contest almost: all the way, fortunes fluctuating. The verdict was applauded. Heavy-weight. S. Lewie (Wairoa) beat Helden Auckland). Final: Lewie beat B. Hooper (Wellington). Lewis was aggressive in the second round, and inflicted severe punishment. Hooper was warned for holding and wrestling, and in the third round was disqualified.