Ny Given Boxing Lesson By Rose

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30882, 15 October 1965, Page 18

Ny Given Boxing Lesson By Rose

Lionel Rose, the aboriginal bantamweight from Melbourne, made boxing history in Canterbury Court last evening when he cleverly and convincingly out-pointed Laurie Ny over 10 rounds.

Rose is the first Australian professional boxer to win at Canterbury Court. He took £l2O and the plaudits of a 2000 crowd by his machinegun punching, elusive weaving and brilliant footwork. Ny was well and truly beaten, but not disgraced. He tried gamely all the way and slogged it out with Rose in a thrilling last round that all three judges marked as even. He won £BO and the respect of the crowd for a workmanlike display against a brilliant opponent. Both boxers weighed in at Bst 81b. Learn From Lessons Ny was equal in weight but not in boxing ability—but there is every reason to believe that he will learn from the lesson he received from Rose.

The judges, Messrs C. Wellman, S. C. Ashton and M. V. Drury, were unanimous in their decision. Mr Wellman gave Rose seven rounds and made three even- Mr Ashton gave Rose four rounds, Ny three, and three even: Mr Drury gave Rose five, Ny one, and four even.

From the opening bell, Rose’s left hand was much faster than Ny's. Time and again he made Ny miss with his left lead, slipped in a hard left rip to the body, a left hook to the face, and then danced out of range. Ny, during the early rounds, scored occasionally with a left lead and twice with right crosses. However, Rose’s cool, almost insolent weaving and fast footwork made him miss scores of times. And when Ny did miss, Rose would fire in a burst of left and right rips to the body

and a flick to the head as he moved away. Skilful Evasion

From round four to the end, Ny used his gloves and forearms skilfully to blockmost of Rose’s body flows but found it hard to avoid the right flicks and lightning left jabs to the head. Ny moved in continuously and Rose fought mostly on the counter-punch. But his brilliance was undiminished. He move’ll his head just enough to make Ny’s straight lefts miss; he swayed back out of the reach of Ny's rights, and weaved out of trouble when pressed. He was a smooth mover—an elusive shadow at which Ny kept grimly plugging away. Ny began to score more points but could not land hard punches until the last two rounds —when they carried little weight.

The last round, with both boxers on the attack, was so hectic that a fight broke out amongst ringside spectators. A chair was swung amid cheers for the game Ny—and when the police got to the ringside disturbance, everyone was fast friends again. Ny scored the biggest number of clean hits of any round in the last, but could not stop Rose’s sporadic rips to the body close in, and his lightning lefts to the head. Result of amateur bouts were:—

Light-middle-weight.—p. ven de Veld (Timaru) beat R. Craig (Fidow's Gym.), on points, a split decision. Junior Flyweight.—J. Barnes (St. Anne’s) beat p. Fitzgerald (Fidow's Gym ), on points. Middle-weight —W. Smith (Timaru) beat A. Simpson (Fidow’s Gym.), on points.