BOXING

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 7, 3 October 1927, Page 11

BOXING

HEENEY KNOCKS OUT MALONEY NEW ZEALANDER TO MEET SHARKEY Dr Telegbath.— pkess Association. COPYRIGHT. 4Rec. October 2, 5.5 p.m.) New York, September 30. In a fight in New York Tom Heeney, of Now Zealand, knocked out Jim Maloney, the Boston heavy-weight, in the first round, in one minute, seventeen seconds after they entered the ring. Afaloney dropped flat on his face for the full count, after t.lio first few blows, having received a terrific right-hander to the chin, necessitating revival with icewater and smelling-salts. Heeney and Jack Sharkey have been matched to meet in New York on November 18, in a twelve-round bout. PARKER DEFEATS BURNS (ißcc. October 2, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, October 2. At Newcastle Stadium, Eddie Parker, 12st, of New Zealand, defeated Frankie Burns, list. 1011 b., of Newcastle, on a technical knock-out, in the sixteenth round. Burns, who was terrifically punished, was on the floor half-way through tho sixteenth round, and his seconds threw in tho towel. Although the contest was crude for men ranking as champions, Parker won all tho way, and had Burns floored three times with terrific rights to the jaw. Burns was down for eight seconds in the twelfth round, then again in the fifteenth, but managed to weather the session, although faking tho count io six. Tho end came in the next round, when Parker, after some desultory sparring, landed a hard right to the jaw, and Burns went down in such a bad state that his seconds skied the towel. Both men were overweight, Parker being 81b. above tho middleweight limit. KRUG BEATS HARMS (Kec. October 2. 5 5 p.m.) Sydney, October 2. At the Stadium, after a fast, clever contest, Phil Krug defeated Billy Harms on points in fifteen rounds.