NARROW MARGIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 238, 8 October 1935, Page 17

NARROW MARGIN.

PROFESSIONAL BOXERS.

ROBERTSON DEFEATS CANDY,

HARD PUNCHING; FEW THRILLS'

A narrow margin of' points gave Watty Robertson, of Gisborne, the win over Murk Candy, of Wanganui, in the professional welter-weight boxing match at the Town Hall last evening. A section of the modest crowd was of the opinion that the verdict- should have gone the other way, but, taken over the full distance of twelve three-minute rounds, it appeared that thj decision was the correct one, although the margin must have been small.

Hard punching to the body was the duet feature ot the contest, which, however, did not produce a great many thrills. At no stage of the journey was either man in tiny danger of being knocked out and neither showed much sign of punishment at the finish. Candy was splendidly lit and in the early, rounds it appeared that lie would run out the winner. His unorthodox style obviously puzzled the Gisborne man, and it was not until the fifth round that Robertson began to give of his best. Candy, whose record makes him out a lighter with a knock-out punch, was ever on the move, his dancing style being in striking contrast to that of the more orthodox Robertson. At times he would stand with both gloves hanging at his sides and then suddenly leap into action.

But although Candy's method of fighting troubled Robertson for a tinie,' it was not so puzzling that, the Gisborne man'was not able to settle down, and once he did so he was able to make up the leeway and also put himself just sufficiently far in front to gain the decision of. the judges, Messrs. G. Bush and F. Burns', and the referee, Mr. R. Mea.lc. Robertson, who was slightly the taller and also had an advantage of two pounds in weight, was the more consistent scorer, after his ducking and smothering had kept him out of serious trouble' over the-early rounds. In the interval between the amateur bouts nnd the professional contest, the trophies won at the recent Auckland provincial amateur championships were presented by the Auckland; Boxing Association's president, Mr. R. W. Rugg. Messages challenging the winner of the professional match were read from "Ginger" Wade, of Nelson, and Fred Fraei,- of Auckland, Candy Begins Well. The first round of the professional fight opened brightly, the pair coming together in.the centre of the ring and-exchanging hard punches to the body. Candy (10.5), was on his toes and aggressive, ynd a left to ■ the face early found a: mark. Robertson-(10.7) was.inclined to hold and was slapped smartly on the forearm for doing so. Aftor chopping his right" to the jaw. Candy drove' his opponent' to the ropes, but failed to'land a telling punch. Commencing the second -round with a slight lead. Candy sent' his left flush to tlie jaw and then put all his weight behind a right, which Robertson moved away from. In coming out of a clinch the pair lost their balance and fell to the canvas.

At this stage the Wanganui man's style appeared to have Kobertson guessing, but ho landed his right to the head and body near the gong. Candy opened the third round by driving his left to the body, his opponent later replying with two light lights to the ribs. Near the end of the term Candy scored with a left hook to the jaw and took tlie honours by a comfortable margin. Kobertson made more of the fifehting in the fourth term, but winced when his opponent hooked his left solidly to the body. Robertson was now putting plenty of weight behind his punches, .but found difficulty in landing on his opponent. Solid body blows were exchanged at the end of the round, which ended with honours about even.

in the fifth term Kobertson made his best effort to date,'quickly taking the aggressive with a straight left to tlie face and driving his opponent to the ropes. He no longer appeared puzzled "and the round was fought well at long range. This round, and also the sixth, in which Robertson made good use of his left, and Candy swung himself off his feet when lie missed with a fierce swing, went to the Gisborne man by a small margin, but the seventh was halved. In the eighth Candy fought at a great clip, early sending a good right to the chin. Several times during the round he found his opponent's face with his l"ft, but when he let go a heavy right swing near the finish Robertson stepped inside

it. , The ninth round saw Robertson more aggressive than at any previous stage in the fight/,rind he took the honours comfortably. In the tenth he again appeared to.land the cleaner punches, although Candy, was still very lively and always ready to launch a surprise attack. The Wangamu man was aggressive in the eleventh, and Robertson finished the round with blood trickling from a cut above his ripjlit cliee* bone. In the final term Candy thudded a heavy right to his opponent's heart, and placed the same hand to the but Ilobcrtson forced the fight over the closing stages. The Amateurs. G. Gordon (7.13) beat J. Hetherington (7.13) on points. In a mefry first royncE the pair' pleased by standing toe to toe and exchanging punches to the head. ; (joruoii; landed the better punches in the second and was" definitely better in the third. In the final round Hethcrington made a good effort, but Gordon met him half-way and stored the more-freely-over the second half ot tlie term. A. bout' which pleased tlin crowd; _ _ ' „ D. Johnson (10.6) beat E. Estall (10.5%) on points. After an uneventful first round Estall scored well at the start ot the second, landing a hard right to the jaw. Johnson fought back spiritedly, but lost points by landing with the open glove. Estall carried the fight to his opponent in the third, but at times missed badly and Johnson scored the more frequently. In the final round Johnson placed his punches well, scoring particularly freely with s]iort rights, arid, took the decision. ft Cormaclc (11.7) beat L. Dombrosty (11.5) on points. Both wpre cautious iff the first round, in which both held a -good deal. The second was mieventhil,. aiyl the third was notable chiefly, for the big number of wild punches that failed top find a mark In the final,, term Dombt'oslu fought wildly, arid his opponent's, better punching at long range made- liini- the (12.7) beat A. Ellis (12,2) o.A, points. Solid punching marked the first round, in which Ellis was aggressive, ans- - landed the cleaner punchy. Mi-Hugh was more on the attack in the second, and frequently succeeded in beating his opponent to the punch. In the thinl Ellis' left opened lip a cut above } r < Hugh's right eye. but this did not stop M( Hugh from ,-landing the better punches in tlie final round;'

RAYNER DEFEATS JARVIS

(By Telegraph.—Press' Association.)

WELLINGTON

Monday

Bv tlie strength and persistence of Ins attack Claiiio Rayner (Marlborough) beat .Tack Jnvvis (Taranaki) on points in a professional li.'/lit-iveiirlit boxing nontest staged l, y tlie Wellington Boxing Association to-night.