BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 6

BOXING.

'V -:- THE. CHAMPIONSHIPS. : '..,'. V. - '/. DuriedirtrJuly 22.-. The New* Zealand boxing championsmp contests commenced here.this evening, Messrs. C. Batt arid F. Shaw,/ of\ Dunedin, acting as judges, and Mr. R. Cook,,of Timaru, 1 as referee. The first rounds were.not concluded at midnight. In the bantams; Campbell beat Nelligan on points,: after, three hard-fought bouts. Wennand ,knooked /: out .Baldwin in ...the first rbita'd;; after' 85 seconds Jiard hitting. In the feather-weights, .the judge, at the.close of. three lwilts ■ between Xeckie. and Cairns; declared a draw, and then gave,; the verdict to the Otago man; after, a : hard-fought fourth bout. Porter got. a right'■'cross'- on' to -Finnerty in 'the' first bout,'arid; the, latter- was counted 'out, 'after boring 1 minute 40. seconds.: In the lightweights, Saunders,'succuiribed in.the.first round to' a left 6wing from .' Thomson. The crowd took the judge's decision.in the Smith-Newall oontest very, badly, hooting and' yelling, and losing sight of the fact, that the decision' 1 was obviously given for skill iri boxing. A. fourth bout was fought between Ross and O'Connor, the decision' going to the former on points. Finnerty uppor-cut.Pulton first (bout, and the latter was counted out. .In the welter-weighto, Penberthy :■ got a right cross - on to Edwards in the second bout,. and the latter was counted .out A fourth bbut>was necessary in the contest, Cooper-versus Manley, in the middleweights,'and, the former 'won'on .points. : ; >',- Tho bantam-weight first round was won by Wm, Campbell (Otago), who beat D. Nelligail (Canterbury). W; H.. Wennand '(Wellington), beat. M. W. Baldwin. (Southland); C.'Stewart (Timaru) boat O'Mcara (Auckland.' "-' Feather-weights.—First round: P. Florii; (Canterbury) beat .R.'Kaill (Southland); M. <Leckio (Otago) beat, R.,Cairns (Wellington);. L. Porter (Wellington)-.beat,-R. Finnerty (Southland); J.- Hegarty (Timaru) beat McNeill (Auckland); H. Wilson , (Canterbury) beat W. Duncan •'(OtagoV :■'.:- . -.'.-• Light-weights.—First round: -A. Thomson (Canterbury) beat-W.' Saunders (Otago); W. 3. Smith (Wellington) beat V. '• Nowall.-. (Southland); Ross (Auckland) beat P.' O'Connor (Otago); J. H. Finnerty (Southland) -beat. J. Fulton (Otago). -■,:■■ Welters.—First round: W. Pemberthy (Canterbury) beat G. Edwards (Otago); G. ■Wtttohorn (Wellington), a bye. '■-. Middle-weights.—First Tound: A. C. Cooper (Otago) beat Manley. (Auckland); S. Mrinaghah (Otago) beat Campbell (Hawke's'Bay).