BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 174, 25 July 1928, Page 15

BOXING.

AMATEUR TITLE WINNERS.

SIX NEW CHAMPIONS.

BRIGHT POUTS TV LIGHTER CLASSES. The Auckland amateur boxing championships came to a successful, if not exceptional, conclusion an hour before last night. The forty-nine bouts, involving over sixty contestants, occupied nine hours' boxing before the champions for 1928 emerged victorious from the preliminaries, semi-finals and finals. In only two classes, the flyweight and heavyweight, did the winners at last year's tourney defend their titles, and both were successful in retaining the honours. The new champions are as follow:— Flyweight: F. Pearcey. Bantam-weight: E. Davis (South Auckland). Feather-weight: J. Leslie. Lightweight: A. Jones. Welter-weight: J. G. Forsyth. Middle-"weight: W. Pitcher. Cruiser-weight: P. McCarthney. Heavy-weight: P. McCarthney. In the lighter divisions, a number of the contestants showed a good knowledge of boxing, while all the bouts were fought in the best amateur spirit. A feature of the tournament was the success of A. Jones in the lightweight class. On the first evening he beat two opponents in quick time with a heavy right cross, and again last evening he proved himself a solid puncher in beating M. Peryer, the referee stopping the bout in the third round. Jones won the final by default. Messrs. R. Meale and W. A. Johnston acted as referee in turn. Results:— FLYWEIGHT, 7.10. A Crook (7.9J), heat J. Donovan (7.1*). Crook was a &ea<l the taller, and by shooting out a long - left ecorcrt to the face, but Donovan -was caper to fight, getting in close and letting fly with both bands. The third round was very willing, Donovan landing his right flush on Crook's face. Crook, however, continued to do the better I>oxing and got the win by a good margin. F. Pearcey (7.6), beat R. Purdie (7.9). Both lads were wining, and showed a good knowledge of the game. Pearcey, the holder of the title, was very quick. Purdie boxed well in the second, scoring chiefly with his left. The third round was chockful of incident, with Pearcey stinging his opponent with both gloves to the face and Purdie still relying chiefly on his left and an occasional right across. In appreciation of Purdie's excellent showing. the officials decided to award him a special trophy. Pinal.—Pearcey beat Crook. Pearcey, who is a snappy two-handed puncher, was a little too fast for Crook, although the latter stood his ground well and boxed coolly. The champion jabbed stinging lefts to the face in the last rally and also landed cleanly with his right, malting enough points to keep the championship for another year. BANTAM-WEIGHT, 8.2. L. Bailey (5.2), beat H. Johns (8.2). The pair finished a lively first round with Johns offsetting Bailey's hard punches by pood footwork and some useful returns at loug range. In the second Bailey sought to force the fight, but Johns made him miss badly. The final effort found Bailey still forcing, and, being much the stronger, he buliockert his way to a decision. Final.—E. Davis (7.13), beat Bailey (5.2). The pair pleased the crowd with their vigorous opening, Davis Bhowlng up with particularly fine footwork and Judging his distance well. The second round brought the crowd to their feet, as Bailey forced the light and rushed his opponent to the ropes, but Davis boxed well, and, having weathered the storm, returned some useful punches. Tile final rally found the youngsters at it like a pair of tigers and trading plenty of punches, with Davis settinK the decision by reason of his superior ring craft. FEATHERWEIGHT, 9.0. A. Craig (8.125), beat R. McLaughlan (5.124). This bout was tame, Craig finding McLaughlan a hard man to land on. In the third Craig started with a good right to the Jaw and got through McLaughlan's guard with his left. There was not much in it. J. Leslie (9.0), beat J. Hatton (5.12). Leslie proved much too strong for his opponent. Soon after the bout commenced he dropped Hatton for eight with a right across and repeated the dose almost immediately the contest was continued. Hatton boxed gamely and well, but could not withstand the onslaught of the other lad and the referee stopped the bout before the first round had been completed. Final. —Leslie beat Craig. Leslie did the forcing at the start, but it was not until near the end of the round that he penetrated Jiis opponent's guard. Leslie was a lot the stronger and punished his man heavily, landing a hard left swing at the bell. In the third Craig took all that was coming to him, although well beaten, and .finished up the bout by landing a right uppercut to the winner's jaw. Both boys were cheered. LIGHT-WEIGHT, 10.0. j A. Jones (9.12J) beat M. Peryer (9.12). j In the first session Jones went round the ring after his man, anxious to land his heavy right cross, which had won him two lights in quick time in the preliminary iounds, but Peryer fought well on the retreat, poking his left into Jones' face. Both showed signs of the heavy going in the second. In the third Jones repeatedly drove 'his left into Peryer's face, and l also crossed with his right, but was unable to put his man down. Peryer battled on gamely until near the end of the round, when the referee intervened. It was announced from the ring that Peryer would be awarded a special trophy. Both lads were cheered. C. J. Craig (9.5J) beat C. McKnight (9.12). A long straight left enabled Craig to pile up points in the first round. The second found McKnight boring in low to force the fight, with Craig boxing cleverly. In the third McKnight sought to turn the . decision his way by forcing the pace, irrespective of science, but in this case the superior boxer prevailed. Final: Craig defaulted to Jones, who thus took the title. WELTER-WEIGHT, 10.9. J. G. Forsyth (10.8J) beat L. W. Gee (10.3). Gee, whose right hand was injured, boxed well against a h-ard fighting opponent in the first round, but •Forsyth's heavy blows told their tale in the second. In the third Forsyth tore in, sending home blows from all angles, and Gee dropped to a hard right to the jaw. He was up again at eight, but his defence was gone, and another right swiiig flush to the Jaw pnt him on his back. Pluckily he got to his feet near the end of the count, the crowd cheering him for his grit. But Forsyth now had his man at his mercy, and the referee wisely stopped the fight. Going to his corner Gee collapsed, and it was several minutes before he could leave the ring. F. Fraei (10.1) beat R. Absolum (10.1). Absolum rejoiced in much the longer reach, but it availed him little, as Fraei broke ruthlessly through his defence and sent him to the boards with a clean right to the jaw, and the referee intervened. Final: Forsyth beat F. Fraei. Forsyth relied on left and right swings that were meant to be devastating, and Fraei crouched low to avoid therm, himself jumping in occasionally to make a few points, with taps that hurt no one. The second round consisted chiefly of each opponent in turn leaping on the shoulders of his opponent as that competitor stooped to avoid a blow. Forsyth strove desperately to persuade his opponent to trade punches with him. and in the final flutter Fraei obliged and quite h*ld his own. The referee's decision met with a mixed recaption.

MIDDLE-WEIGHT, 11.4. Pitcher (11.0) beat G. Reeve (10.12). There was a lot of wrestling in the first ronnd, although Reeves scored with longrange blows to the body. In the second round Pitcher fought very strongly, and his two-handed attack had his man very groggy at the end. Reeves was unable to come up for the third, and Pitcher was awarded the fight. . -*• Shadbolt (11.0)" beat C. J. Brown f ll - 1 *). The bout opened quietly, but towards the end of the first round Brown ran plonk into a straight right to the face, which troubled him a lot. Brown opened the second with desperate vim, and the crowd roared with delight at bis curious antics, his facial expression, being emphasised by a bleeding nose. His opponent joined' in the mirth, but not for long, as Brown landed a few of his wild swings, and it too* Shad bolt all faia time to keep his bustling opponent off and get the decision on points. Brown received a special prrae, awarded by his Worship the Mayor, Mr. i Geo. Baildon. Final: Pitcher beat Shadbolt. Pitcher went after his man, but found Shadbolt ready to meet him with both barrels. When Pitcher rushed in he occasionally ran against Shadbolt's left, but he the cleaner work, and scored enough to got a close decision, which did not meet with the unanimous approval of the crowd. CRUISER-WEIGHT, 12.0. McCarthney (U.lo») beat H. Hogg (11103). Hogg adopted smother tactics in the first round, and from these landed a •71 cross, which McCarthney repaid with interest. In the next the present holder punished his opponent, who went down, for eight, and in the final encounter the referee stopped the bout to save Hosrcr, who was quite outclassed by his hardhitting opponent. from further punishment. Final: McCarthney beat T. Mullins (11.6). rt was a good opening round, with honours eppa i r seeming to be well matched. In the second McCarthney opened out more vigorously, and, although Mullins kept him off for n while, McCarthney landed several J ,?. 8 ' an< * the referee stopped the fight, holding up McCarthney's hand as a of Y'ctory, to the dissatisfaction of a section of the audience. -which considered Mullins could have carried on. HEAVY-WEIGHT, No Limit. McCarthney (H.IOJ) beatG. Frear (13.0). There was little doing in the first round, *5? secon(l McCarthney got home some tO . hIK opponent's head, scoring with both gloves. Half a dozen times he_ crossed his right to Frear's j aw and a left brought blood. At the end of the session it was found that a cut in Frear's lip necessitated a stitch, and the decision was awarded to McCarthy. Carthnev T ' Mul,ins defa "lted to Mc-