George, Chiloiro Bout Will Be Punishing

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31378, 25 May 1967, Page 15

George, Chiloiro Bout Will Be Punishing

(Bp Our Boxing Reporter)

The boxing ring at Canterbury Court will not be a place for the faint-hearted this evening—that is the only certain outcome of the bout between T. George (Auckland) and D. Chiloiro (Melbourne).

Chiloiro pounded George into submission when they boxed 10 rounds in Melbourne, demonstrating with painful clarity that he can punch hard, and punch all the time. That was George’s sixth professional bout He has now had 13 fights, for 11 wins and two losses, and is the reigning New Zealand featherweight champion.

In the last professional bout in Christchurch, against K. Amarfio, also from Melbourne, George showed that he can take and give out punishment. He out-pointed Amarfio convincingly by hitting hard with his straight left right crosses and hooks.

Chiloiro, in two tough battles against the Australian feather-weight champion, J. Famechon, has proved that he is an extremely hard man to beat He has never been knocked off his feet

George has the psychological handicap of having been beaten by Chiloiro, but he has the spur of a challenge fot the British Empire feath-er-weight title against the holder, J. O’Brien (Glasgow), in front of the crowd who will be watching him against Chiloiro—if he can beat the Italian.

Chiloiro has the spur of winning again to keep his place in the top-flight of Australian, Italian and European feather-weight boxers. Chiloiro must be favoured to win—on experience, on having won at their first meet-

ing and on proven punching power.

George’s greatest hopes rest on his using superior tactics. If he tries to stand up to Chiloiro in slugging exchanges, Chiloiro, the smaller but probably the stronger fighter, will win. George must pick the times to go on attack and pick the places to land his punches. He will have the advantage in reach, and will have to use it to keep Chiloiro out and to make the openings for his left hooks to the body and right crosses to the head. The bout will provide a contrast in styles—the open, Continental, two-fisted stance of Chiloiro, and the classical, left-glove-forward of George; a contrast between swinging punches and straight punches; a contrast between taking punches and blocking them.

And it will provide an explosive mixture of fighting and boxing from both men which must result in a bruising battle.