"ROUGH HOUSE."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 228, 27 September 1938, Page 17

"ROUGH HOUSE."

BOXING TACTICS.

QILDO DEFEATS AITKEN. OLD SCORES WIPED OUT. | Young Gildo -wiped oi>t old scores by j defeating Billy Aitken in last night's | boxing contest at the Town Hall. The | tight was hard an 1 even all the way, and I the thrilling final round had the crowd i which tilled the hall oa their feet cheering. Plainly a "wrudtte fight" it was marred by rnbbit-.punching. butting and other ••rough-house" tactic*. Gildo wae the more frequent ofiender, but in the final round Ait ken was lucky to mies being disqualified. Driven to a corner he slipped on bin hands and knees and came up with his head between Gildo's legs, tipping him over heavily on hie back. The crowd howled jn protest, but the referee let him off with a warning. Gildo's ir-essant short-range battery of hooks to the body and head nave "him the decision on points. The New Zealander had tne better of the out-fighting, but most of the exchanges were at short range, where the Filipino, Gildo, was superior. Both were full of fight to the finish, and the winners margin of points was a small one. It was their third encounter, Aitken having won the two before.

Aitken's Flying Start. Dashing in at the start Aitken let loose a barrage of left and right hooks. Most of them landed on the glove or fore-arm, but the attack wag sustained, and repeatedly the New Zealandei's stabbing punches drove home. He gained a lead on points in the first three rounds, making full use of his clever footwork and speed to beat Gildo to the punch. The latter worked in close at times, where he had the advantage, but most of the time was held off. In the fourth Aitken's attack lost none of its sting, but his opponent kept coming in close and scoring with short, sharp jabs to the body, varied by a left hook to the head. This round was even, but the next went to Aitken by the narrowest margin. Though the Filipino kept up his punishing body attack Aitken boxed cleverly at long range, landing heavily with -a right cross which had Gildo bleeding at the mouth. Advantage to Gildo. Pounding away all the time in the close work Gildo more than held his own in the next two rounds, though he waited for his opponent to do most of the leading. From then onwards he forged ahead, and by the eleventh had made up the points dropped in the opening stages and was slightly ahead. Then Aitken rallied strongly, forcing Gildo to stand off with a straight left and hard right cross. It was Aitken's round, so that the decision remained in the balance.

Going in at the gong in the final round Gildo shot a succession of left and right hooks to the head. He did not stop punching till the final gong, and even without allowing for the incident in the corner, won the round and the bout. The erowd cheered the decision, though there were some dissentients.

The referee was Mr. R. Meale, and the judges Messrs. G. Bush and J. H. Sloan. Gildo weighed in at 9.6 and Aitken at 9.6%.