BOXING.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 15 August 1932, Page 13

BOXING.

CHRIST'S COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS. INTERESTING BOLTS. Jn the annual boding chunipionships held at Christ's College on Saturday night Borne last and scientific boxing took place. While tome of the lighter weights gave rise to bouts oi a less interesting nature, all tho contests were willing enough, and the heavyweights in particular were an outstanding combination of fast and powerful hitting, with good footwork. All the contestants ware very tit and practically every bout was close und exciting. The inter-house boxing was won by School House by five bouts to one path bv Jacobs' House and Flower's House. Contests were of two rounds of one and a half minutes each in the lighter and two minutes in the heavier weights. Mr G. E. F. Kingscote was the judge. Following are the particulars of the bout?:

MICROBE-WEIGHT. Final. Tiipp v n 'k' beat Schneideman (ost Tib! lifter a 'bout in 'which tho pair fought with unusual skill. Sicbneideman attacked vigorously in the first round with lefts and rights." but his taller opponent gained a narrow margin of points by accurate long-range hitting. FLY-WEIGHT. Semi-finale. Skellev (Cst' 61b) beat Neale (Gst 111b) by the accuracy of his" long, loose punches which repulsed the hot atacking of Neale and turned de-fence into attack. Ncalc score'.' well several times with a right to the ribs. After a willing contest Matthews (Gst 101b) too> the decision from Ensor (Gst 9lb). Both fought aggressively if unscientifically, and Ensor's vigorous attacking had Matthews early on the retreat. In the second round, however, he came back to connect with some heavy right crosses, and clearly had the better o; several hectic exchanges. Final. Skelley beat Matthews, coming to light with some good counters and accurate hitihi" against stiff opposition. Matthews was willing enough, but did not lani so cleanlv as his lighter opponent. BANTAM-WEIGHT. Semi-finals.

Bagnell i7st lllb) beat Higginson ("at 101b) by superior pace and infighting. In the first round Higginson was content to fight off Bagnell with straight lefts and an occasional right uppercut, but Bagnell scored consistently in ihe infighting and used his right to good effect. Williams (7st 9lb) beat Handiside (7st lllb). Handisido proved himself a quick infighter and a two-handed puncher, and for the first round kept his man on the defensive. In the Fecond round, however, "Williams connected crisply to the jaw with lefts and rights and was lucky to take the decision over a faster and more aggressive fighter.

Final. Williams proved too good for Bagnell, and with neat evasion avoided BagnalTs efforts to get to clobo quarters. He made good use of his openings after drawing hia man and showed a quickness to attack from the defensive. FEATHER-WEIGHT. Semi-finals. Anderson (Sst Sib) beat Blunden (Sst 10lb). After a- cautious opening Blunden connected with a quick left and right, but in ths second round Anderson quickened the pace, chopping twohanded blows at close quarters to body and face. Blunden replied with a noav;- right to the body, but was clearly surpassed. After a great fight, in which Voth boxers flv,Dg themselves willingly, C. Raymond (Sst 101b) beat MacKenzic (Set slb}. Raymond o'jened aggress-ively to score with lefts and riel'ts, but was met by dangerous ewings to the head. Botli went round the ring in home exciting mill?. In the second round Raymond set, a terrific pace and did most of tho leading. TJaerlcnzie scored with lefts to the jaw and an effective right to the body. Final. Anderson beat Raymond. The bout opened with a fast buret of infighting, in which Anderson scored freely, and quickened to seme hectic exchanges. The second round saw him evading Raymond's long-range leads and replying with telling short-arm jabs of exceptional speed. LIGHT-WEIGHT. Semi-finals. J. Raymond (Dst 10lb) took the decision from Cliraie (Pst lllb). In the first round Raymond cutranged his man with carefullvplaced lefts, and when in the second round Climie attempted to close he was met with a barrage of lefts and rights. Displaying the best straight-left of the evening Onnond (Ost 8lb) beat Broad (9st 9lb) sfter a bout in which good footwork was a distinctive feature. Ormond's perfectly-con-trolled left flashed out again and again and piled up a big margin of points before Broad brought some good counter? to bear. Final. Onnond beat Raymond. Raymond opened with a. neat, left to the point, but was immediately drivcD round the ricg by well-T.-lacrcl lefts and rights. In this bout Ormond brought into use an effective riehfc to the heart and fought altogether more scientifical!v than his opponent. MIDDLE-WEIGHT. Semi-finals. Younj- (l<>st 81b) beat Helmore < 1 Ost. llb\ In a close bout it wa=i only superior agression that gave Young the decision. Helmnre smothered Young'? wilder attacks and replied effectively with uppercnts and straight lefts. He also held his own at close quarter", but was content to let his opponent do ail the leading. Burburv flOst lllb) boxed a bre with Dawson QOst -lib). Final. Burburv beat Young, mainly by a hardhitting straight right. Young took the offensive against a bigger opponent, who was not so aggressive as he sometimes looked. bv;t who nevertheless came back at unexpected moments to score cleanly. Young made the mistake of chopping what might have been a dangerous right.

HEAVY-WEIGHT. Semi-finals. In tlit beu fight of the evening Le Mat illet 111b) beat Wilder (list lib) on a techniral kno?k-out in the second round. Wilder proved the bt-.tter and faster borer, but he vac giving aivay a. lot of weight, and Le May punished him with terrific body blow*. Wilder continued to rain lefti and right* upon his opponent, but was forced to retire. liy the end of the first round both mtn were almost exhausted, with Wilder shaken by heavy rights to the plexus. In the second round Wilder . came back gamely, to show superior skill and speed, but was weakened by further pile-drivers to stomach and jaw, r.rid after he had taken a count of two the. ' fight was stopped. Deans (list SIM beat Mac Donald (ISsO. Mac Donald had an exceptionally long reach besides an advantage in height and weiffht, and Deans was unable at first to penetrate his defence. Tho fight slowed up in the final round, but Deans was connecting better with speedy lefts and reaped advantage from greater agility. Final. Dean 3 beat Le May. Le May was obviouslv feeling the pfiects of his earlier -fight and Deans had him rocking with a solid left early in the first round. Le May picked up and retaliated with some fast, "powerful chives to the body. In come hard-hitting exchanges Deans only just failed to connect with a right, counter. Both men were using straight blows, and in the second round !t was only his freshness that gave Derma any advantage. His left and right leads were met w ith stinging uppercuts to the hodv and some,good fighting took place at close quarters. SPENCER BEATS COSSILL. (PP.ESS ASSOCIAI lOX TELIOBill.) T-VVERCARGILL, August 14. In a heavy-weight professional boxing eoaro«t on Saturday night. George Spencer CBluff). 12st 131b. knocked out Jack Coasi!l (Whangarei), 12st 71b, in tho third round. WALKER DEFEATS PAYNE. SYDNEY, August IS. At the Stadium to-night "Walker (13st 111b) defeated Payne on points. It was not, an interesting bout, and the decision was Unpopular. Payne was more aggressive at the start. Walker was repeatedly told by the referee to fight and was cautioned for holding the ropes.