BOXING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21805, 10 June 1936, Page 15

BOXING

PROFESSIONAL CONTEST

HALVES BEATS RICHMOND ON

POINTS

There was never any doubt about the result of the professional feather-weight contest between J. Richmond ® p. G. Hawes (Canterbury) at the Caledonia Hall last night. Hawes led from the be ginning of the fight and won on a points decision. The winner used left hooks and right body blows with advantage. H varied these with‘blows to toe head. ln the close fighting Hawes shook Richmond badly. In the sixth round Richmond went down for the count of The loser attempted to use a straight xeft to th head, but his opponent was too elusive f °The bout, which was arranged by the Christchurch Sports Club, was * or * rounds of three minutes. There wasaiarge crowd, practically every seat in the hal b l n t g toe k ope U n?ng both went close injna used left and right short /™ th P a good underneath. Hawes connectedi with a goou straight left. He fought better dosein than Richmond, and the r °und q£ fairly evenly. There was a good de close work in the second r° u nd. Hawe using right and left hooks to advan e Richmond led with the left several times, but seldom connected. Hawes ? or pace in the next round, using similar tics. Richmond led with right and lett swings, but they did not connect as o as did his opponent’s. . The two men went into a clinch at the beginning of the fourth round. The vantage was still with Hawes m the ci work.' Richmond led a straight lext, o it was not heavy enough. His OPP O^, 6 '?'? however, scored with a well-timed straight left. ’ , „ Kicr The next round went to Hawes by a big margin. He used a straight left to tn head, followed by a right hook toti body which was brought up to the beau. Richmond tried to get through with nis left, but Hawes ducked and the punches missed. , , _ , So far Hawes had much the better' oi the bout and made his opponent miss on several occasions. Richmond was putting up a game fight, but right and left body blows shook him badly. A right to thchin put Richmond down for the count of nine, and only the gong saved mm from further punishment. At the beginning of the seventh round Richmond scored with a left hook. Hawes relah- ; p d with rights and lefts to the body. Some very severe punishment was given by Hawes, who was connecting with short punches to the head and body. Richmond was trying to take the fight to Hawes, but he was not successful. Hawes used left hooks to the head and rights to the body. A hard short right to the body was scored by Richmond. Hawes retaliated with a left to the head. His opponent missed a vicious right swing. Lett hooks and right cross-counters to the body punished Richmond severely. The Otago man yvas missing with many left and right swings. He landed a good straight left on Hawes’s nose. Hawes, however, showed himself much superior, especially at close quarters. Richmond tried hard for a knock-out in the last round, but Hawes was much too elusive. Amateur Bouts Amateur bouts fought before the professional contest were as follows: — FEATHER-WEIGHT L. Thomson (9st) beat H. G. Murfitt (9st). These two boxers were very evenly matched, and the contest was close. G. Garty (9st) beat A. Grafton (9st 11b). This bout, like the previous one, was fairly even. WELTER-WEIGHT A. Gonzani (lOst 31b) beat P. Macdonald (10st 71b). Gonzani used right and left swings with good results in the last round. V. Thomas (9st 111b) beat F. Smith (lOst 71b). Thomas was much the lighter, but made most of the fighting. MIDDLE-WEIGHT R. C. Pemberton (lOst 101b) beat F. Quinn (lOst 91b). Pemberton was a much more aggressive fighter, and had the longer reach. BANTAM-WEIGHT

J. Mitchell (9st) beat R. Overend (Bst 121b). Mitchell forced the fight from the start. The referee stopped the fight in the fourth round to save Overend punishment, and Mitchell was awarded the bout on a technical knock-out. Mr J. D. Hutchison refereed the professional contest and some of the amateur fights. Mr G. Wright was the other referee for the amateur bouts.

TWO KNOCK-OUTS IN 300 FIGHTS

GEORGE COOK’S RECORD

LONDON, June 8,

George Cook, the Australian boxer, whose recent match with Ben Foord was described as a financial fiasco, says: “I wat one more fight. Ido not care who with. I have been fighting for twenty-three and a half years, and should like to complete my silver jubilee in the ring.” Mrs Cook who has managed her husband’s fights for years, says: “I wanted hin to retire when Foord knocked him out, which is only the second time he has been knocked out in 300 fights, but I agree that he cannot go out like that.”

ROSENBLOOM BEATS SIMPSON

SYDNEY, June 9. Max Rosenbloom (12st 131b), the former light-heavy champion o9> the world, had his first fight in Australia last night at the Sydney Stadium, when he stonoed the American, George Simpson (12st 121b), who was making his debut, in the third round. Simpson was handicapped with a damaged ankle, which was caused on Saturday, and he entered the ring with the limb heavily bandaged. Rosenbloom, a ruvged fighter, with terrific power behind his blows, toyed with his opponent for two rounds, and then brought down his man with a terrific right chop to the jaw. Simnson was down for eight. He tried to rise, but was in obvious pain from his leg. The referee stooped the contest and crowned Rosenbloom the winner. The attendance was only moderate, and nothing like what was expected.