BOXING

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27985, 4 June 1956, Page 17

BOXING

tournament at rakaia SalJrday ak n % a h t T ?^. n “ aII W ? s fj " AsTtur o tOT g B ‘ OUrnament w a " d W' co"? Oi Greymouth, and D. Jack, of Ashburton hanaed ISS? fighter with a good twonnno ir ent; y beaten to The Kn by !< he faSt and elusive Bell, bv hnth cned wrth good straight lefts stra- h! b ° xers ’ but Bell soon changed his t>ffprt ht r, e i left hooks "ith good fmfnd if ed his °PP° n -nt but and wo hard to pin him. as his ducking The c « eaVl j g ke Pt him out of harm's way. fi?st wSb d F r ?u n J Was a repetition of the ml” c Oth , boxers counter-punching. faZt ~-JL al r, r .9 und was fought at a rt lth ü ßell ,nakin g a two-handed decision nd outboxin 8 Jack to get a points i Gurdon, of Christchurch, gave P. Leonard, of Waimate, a boxing lesson eatch-weight bout. Leonard, a o-u fighter, was bewildered by the 52 C ± ine Purdo ”. who blocked. nd counte r-punched throughout no felS® rounds iought and gave Leonard T o: . iandin S any solid blows. wm nnn’. 01 Ashb..rton. scored a points of r-hi « u e " eII -Portormed P. Gerard, ‘. Christchurch, in a light-weight bout. MnS <?. n °h- st °P fighter, landed solid blows throughout the bout, and Gerard, ufnl S SCl " nt ifically and well, could find little counter to the tearaway tactics of bl . s .. op ß° nent - Gerard scored occasionally with gooa straight lefts. Additional results were:— Mosquito-weight.—C. Glover (Christenurchi beat L. Johnstone (Ashburton), on points. Paper-weights.— A. Johnstone (Ashburton) beat M. Holland (Christchurch), on points. Fly’-weights.—E. Wills (Ashburton) beat P. Hardacre (Christchurch), on points; L Ny (Christchurch) beat K. Newsome (Christchurch), on points. Light-weight.—C. Gordon (Ashburton) neat P. McKinley (Christchurch), on points. Light welter-weight.—J. Gibbin-s (Christchurch) beat J. Biddick (Christchurch), on points. Welter-weight.—P. Thomas (Christchurch) beat D. Howell (Christchurch), on a technical knock-out. Catch-weight Bouts.—J. Ross (Ashburton) beat B. (Christchurch), on points: A. Pone (Christchurch) beat F. Ward (Ashburton), on a technical knockout: A. Rennie (Christchurch) beat D. Reardon (Christchurch), on points; R. Elvin (Christchurch) beat A. Ritchie (Christchurch), on points.