LOSS FOR CALTAUX

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 29, 10 December 1945, Page 7

LOSS FOR CALTAUX

REFEREE HALTS THE BOUT SYDNEY, Dee. 0. The Royal Marine Alec Buxton, list 431b, won his sixth successive fight at the Sydney Stadium last night when he stopped Vic Caltaux, lOst 81b, in the fifth round. The New Zealander was down three times in the third round for the count of three, four and five. After Buxton had knocked him down twice in the fifth round the referee stopped the fight as Caltaux was dazedly trying to stand up. Caltaux again proved to he one of the toughest fiKhters ever seen at the Sydney Stadium. The New Zealander was not marked at the end of the fight, but he had taken terrific punishment. The fight was a wild affair from the first round, as the boxers stood apart, measured their punches, and hammered away at each other with lefts and rights to the head and body. Caltaux fought at a weight disadvantage of nearly 111b and the spectators were amazed at the way he came back for more after lie had received enough hard blows to put him out.

KELLY'S LIGHT-WEIGHT TITLE

P.A. HASTINGS, Sunday. Relinquished by Jack Jarvis, of Taranaki, the New Zealand light-weight professional boxing championship was decided at Hastings last night, when Percy Kelly (Auckland) defeated Clarrie Ravner (Blenheim) on points. The contest, which was over 15 rounds for a purse of £150, was interesting, but unexciting, Kelly being the aggressor most of the time, with Rayner showing amazing agility in keeping out of reach. The judges were unanimous, although the verdict received a rather mixed reception.

BIG PURSE FOR MURPHY

o.c. WANGANUI, Sunday. In a professional boxing bout for a purse of 1200 Bos Murphy, of Hutt Valley gained a decision on points against Danny O'Keefe, formerly of the Royal and Roval New Zealand Navies. The bout was staged in the open air on Wanganui's Rugby ground, Spriggcn's Park. A crowd of about 1000 approved of the decision Murphy always being in the lead.