GILDO SEEKS REVENGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 224, 22 September 1938, Page 28

GILDO SEEKS REVENGE.

CONFIDENT HE WILL BEAT AITKEN

"Young" Gildo, the Filipino lightweight, is leaving no stone unturned in order that he may take the ring in first-class condition on Monday night. This contest with "Billy" Aitken is arousing much interested comment among the ardent Gildo fans, who are confident that this time their favourite will emerge a certain winner. "Billy" Aitken is beyond a doubt the most versatile and spectacular of the Dominion lightweight* and he appears to have reached top form this season. He recently secured a points decision over "Snowy" Clark, the brilliant little Australian, and previously earned a narrow points victory over Gildo. The decision in the latter fight aroused a storm of protest from the packed house and Gildo himself, feeling that the result did not dc him justice, is particularly anxious to meet Aitken again in a dozen three-minute rounds. The amateurs selected for the first half of the programme include several wellknown boxers and the bouts arranged are: Welter-weight. H. Robertson (Auckland Gymnasium) v. J. Hudson (F. Bruno): light-heavy-weight. F. Butler (E. Caughey's gymnasium) v. B. Cattell (H. Hogg's gvmnasinm): welter-weight. J. Balcombe (R. N. Tree's gymnasium) v. L. Donaldson fH. Hogg's gymnasium): wel-ter-weight. W. Little f-T. Davey's gymna«ium) v. J. Fr.iser CH.M.S. Leander). Emergency: Lightweight. H. AVillmott (J. Davey's gymnasium) v. J. McKay (E. Donovan's gymnasium).