BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1936, Page 20

BOXING.

I • TWO PROFESSIONAL CONTEST! ! MUDGWAY'S CHANCE AGAINST PLUTO. | Improved in all departments of th< j boxing game as the result of .skillet I tuition and careful study. Neville Mudg i way is confident that lie will be able tc ! defeat Cyril Pluto when they meet at the j Town Hall on Monday evening, and thus reverse the decision which Pluto scored over him when, he made his first appearance in New Zealand some weeks ago On that occasion Mudgway was boxing carefully, fully aware of the calibre ol his opponent who had come to New Zealand with the reputation of'being second only to Jack Carroll in Australia, and it was not until he was satisfied that he had fully summed up the style of his opponent that he commenced to open up and force the attack. Immediately lie commenced the counter-attack he saw ail opening, and lie put all his weight and strength into a right-hand punch to Pluto's jaw. The! Australian, however, ducked under the punch, which hit him 011 the head, where it did not cause him much inconvenience, but Mudgway badly bruised a bone which had previously been broken, and he could not again use that hand for the remainder of tile fight. But, one-handed though he was, he was too clever for the Australian to succeed in his efforts to knock him out, and he displayed his ability by seeing out the distance against such a formidable opponent. Now, with his hand fully recovered, and much improved under the instruction of the Australian trainer, Mudgway is confident that he will succeed in putting the first black mark against Pulto's New Zealand record. Whether he will succeed or not remains to be seen, but ringsiders can rest assured that they will 6ee a fine fight in every one of the fifteen rounds, if | the bout goes that far, and if not, in every ; round until the one that proves to be the final one. Supporting the principal bout will be a professional contest of six rounds between Hut-chens and Saunders, two young fighters who have recently joined the professional ranks, and who, after succeeding in country contests, are anxious to make good in their first appearance in the biggest city in Dominion. Although the bout is scheduled for .only six rounds it is likely that more fighting will be crammed into those eighteen minutes than in many fights of fifteen rouiyls. Two special amateur contests, in which Percy Kelly, Auckland featherweight champion, will meet E. Bongirrd, South Auckland champion, and M. McHugh, the Auckland light-heavy-weight, will meet S. Coe, of Whakatane, will complete an extremely attractive programme. LOUIS V. SCHMELING. NEW YORK BOUT TO-NIGHT. The most important heavy-weight boxing bout since' James J. Braddock took the world's title from Max Baer last year, will be staged at New York this evening, when Joe Louis, who has sensationally defeated Uzcudun, Camera, Baer and others by knockouts, will meet Max Schmeling, the German champion, who was champion of the world four years ago, and lost liig title to Jack Sharkey on a. much-discussed points decision. This is Schmeling's second attempt to come back. After losing the" title he remained a menace to the champion, but Max Baer got there first • by defeating Sharkey, and then he fell most unexpectedly to Braddock on a points decision. Baer was still reckoned a better man than the champion, and this impression was strengthened when he met and out-slugged Schmeling to a t.k.o. decision. Then the sensational Joe Louis crowned a meteoric year by putting two ex-champions in the discard in quick time —he knocked out Camera and Baer in successive bouts. Meantime the persevering German, Schmeling, kept on the come-back trail by disposing of Uzcudun, Hamas and Neusel, and he is the third champion of recent years to face the negro candidate for world honours. Although his record is no more impressive than that of Baer and Camera his preparation has been more thorough, and it is felt that if Louis wins this bout he pannot be denied a fight with Braddock for the title. Some critics affect to believe that in his ability to box as well as to hit hard Schmeling lias a chance of success where others have failed, but the general belief is that Louis is above Schmeling's class, and will score as convincing a victory as he did against Camera and Baer. training College titles. The annual boxSng championships of the Auckland Teachers' Training College, held at the Central Fire Station gymnasium last night, resulted: — Lightweight.—Semi-final: C. Flavell (9.81 beat G. Hall, on a t.k.o. in the first round. Final: C. Flavell beat V. Keane (9.10) on a t.k.o. in the second round. Welter-weight:—A. Sinclair (10.7) beat Carnow (10.5); H. Martin (10.5) beat B. Matthews (10.1); R. Renton (10.2) beat Warren (10.8). Semi-final: A. Sinclair •beat H. Martin. Final: A. Sinclair beat R. Renton. All bouts went to points decisions. . .Middle-weight.—Semi-finals: B. Ayres (11.4), beat E. Burke (11.2); D. Sharkey (11.3) beat F. Robinsop (11.1). Final: Ayres beat Robinson, on points.