BOXING BOUTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 165, 15 July 1939, Page 16

BOXING BOUTS.

FOR WORLD TITLES. CONN OUTPOINTS BETTINA. AMERICAN VERSION' OF THE LIGHT-HEAVY. NEW YORK, July 14. Billy Conn, ol I'iUsburn, won the world's lijflit-lieavy-weijjht boxing tliamliioiislup by outpointing Melio Bettina, of New York. Kikb I'astor, a ranking American heavyweight, will meet Joe Louis, the holder, in a bout for the world's heavy-weight boxing title at Detroit on September 21. Pastor stayed 10 rounds with. Louis in 1937, which has influenced the promoters in staging the forthcoming bout over 20 rounds. The champion is receiving 40 per cent of the "'gate" and the challenger per cent. Last Monday night at the White City arena. London, a crowd of 70,000 saw Len Harvey outpoint Jock McAvoy in a 15roiiiid bout for what was termed the world cruiser-w eight (that is, li«ht-heavy) c'iaiui|,ionship. In May last John Henry Lewis went from America to London to defend his world cruiser-weight title ajrainst llarvey. On his arrival the Boxing Board, on the advice of doctor*, refused to give the American negro a license t.> light in England. It WiW contended that Lewis' sight was defective in his hi I i»\i>. This has been Miibstantiated since Lew is returned to America.

When the London fight was abandoned it win* claimed that Lewis' title was forfeited anil Knglish promoters matched. Harvey and MeAvoy and styled the bout tlie -world 4'lianipioitxhip. Twenty rounds for the heavy-weight title bout is unusual. The last occasion on which a vliampionship .bout was scheduled for 20 rounds was when Jack Dempsev disposed of Joss Willard in four rounds at Toledo in 1019. Prior to that, at Havana in 1!)1.~>. Willard himself knocked out Jack Johnson in the twenty-sixth round. In 18!)1, at San Francisco. .Taint's J. Corbott ami l'eter Jackson fought tbeir memorable draw of f>l rounds. These fif*ht« are listed in the records under the caption of "Boxing Champions of the World," starting from 1801. A prior section headed "Champions of the Prize T?ing" (IS."J> u> ISSOi slimvs John L. Sullivan (U.S. \ ) to have fought a 39-roiinds draw with (.'. Mitchell (Kngland) ;it Chantilly. France, in ISSB. \>xt year Sullivan took 7.") rounds to knock nut Juke. Kilrain at (Jreenport. I'nited States. Apparently the rounds in Mitchell's case wore of five minutes' duration, as the match luster! three hours nnil a quarter, whereas in the Kilrain contes* the time occupied is given at about two hours and a half, this making the rounds onlv two minutes.

OTAHUHU TOURNEY.

Results of amateur bouts staged by the Auckland Boxing Association nt Otiiiliiliu on Thursday night: Mclntosh. 6.10. defeated Silk. 7.0. on points after a jjood exhibition: Waketield. 8.0. defeated Wells. 8.."). on points in a thrilling bout; MeLeod, 11.6, defeated Tnit, 11.1. on points: Xixon. {).!). defeated Keid. !».10. on points in a clever exhibition: Solomon. 10.0, defeated Whitelaw. ft.lo. by a technical knock-nit in the third round: Brereton, 10.1. and Kudling. 10.0. drew in a l>oilt -vh:;-h uas one of the outstanding contests of the night: Rallison. 11.8. defeated Allen. 11.10. on points in an interesting b0i1 , .; McKay. 9.8. defeated Stephens, 10.2. on point-! in a tine contest; Mclvor. 9.6, defeated W;.tson. 0.7. on points; Vaile. 8.10. defeated Sout'hgate, 8.6. on a teclltlif.il knockout in the third round, the bout being stopped on account of an eye injurv to Southgate: Archer. 8.1. defeated Oreaver. 8.4. on points in a fine contest: King. 8.5. defeated Breer. 8.9. on points in a bout in which both fighters showed clever ".oik: Moore. 4.10. defeated Teutenberg. 5.1, on points.