MONDAY'S BOXING

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 192, 15 August 1941, Page 4

MONDAY'S BOXING

ROBERTSON NOW AVAILABLE

Henry Robertson having secured leave from camp, the boxing programme originallv planned by the Auckland Association will be adhered to on Monday night at the Town Hail. Robertson, a welter, has bc-on matched with Ken Reid. of Eltharo, who has built up a srdendid amateur record in Taranaki. Another welter conU*t which should provide <some hard punching is that between Bill Little and Bert McKay. The former has held the Auckland welter title and this will be hip firrt proo'caeional bout. In the third professional bout Geoff Thomas (Taranaki) and Billy Brown (Wellington) are matched. Both have {ought at Auckland thin cea#on and they will be evenly matched in height and range. Though both are comparative newcomers to the professional ranks, they impressed in defeating Hughie Sheridan. All the professions] boute will be of eisht round?. In the amateur section two Hamilton boy# are opposed to well-per-formed Aucklandens.

HANSON BEATS RAYNER CP A.) WEUJXOTOS. Thursday. In an evenly-contested lightweight prolessltraa! boxing taatch 10-nltht Tcauay Hanson fWellintton) outpolr.l«3 Clarrte lUmer fMarlboromrh) over 12_rounds. Bums'i >C|ht tu 8.12 and Biyaer i timer opened nnfidenUr i&d bid is tdTvitjfc tn the early lUfn. Hanson improved a< the eonteat progressed. causing Rayner to bui frenaentlv particularly with the nght. by clever side-stepping and bead wearing. to c3o nnnta*. exchaafe* o! *ome bot