BOXING.
HEENEY SUPERIOR TO SHARKEY (PBKBS ASSOCIATION TBLEOB AM.) GI6BORNE, January 18. That Heeney was tho better man in the fight against Sharkey, and that in the return match the Glsborne man would emerge the victor, is the goneral opinion of American boxing writers, according to a summary of PreßS commont received by Mr Ivan O'Meara from a wireless experimenter in the United States. "There has been a great doal of talk about the fight," said the message, "and it is gonerally agreed that it was not a firstclass -performance. The blatae for this iB generally laid to Sharkey, who did not show much pep and fight. "One report said that lieeney forced the pace right through the twelve rounds. Sharkey hit the New Zealander with everything lie had, but the New Zealander took it all smiling, and never seemed to bo hurt. Sports writers agreed that Sharkey wag not the aggressive man who fought Dempsey. He did not seem to havo the same confidence, and was fully extended all the time. That's about all there is to it except that everybody was satisfied that Heeney could whip Sharkey next time. . Tho fans got the worst boating. The folks here want murder for their money."
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19212, 19 January 1928, Page 11
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