VICTORY FOR COOK

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 225, 19 June 1929, Page 11

VICTORY FOR COOK

IN FIGHT AGAINST RISKO AUSTRALIAN DECLARED TO HAVE BEEN FOULED (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Australian Press Association. (Rec. June 18, 5.5 p.m.) New York, June 17. George Cook, the Australian heavyweight, won in the fifth round on a foul in his fight at Boston against Johnny Risko, who ruled a slight favourite. The men’s weights were: Cook 18841 b., Risko 18711 b. They fought on fairly even terms in the first round, both missing frequently. Risko landed a hard right to Cook’s body in the second, Cook going down and claiming a foul, but the referee disallowed it, and as the Australian rose Risko rushed him, landing lefts and rights to the body. Cook appeared to be hurt. Risko was punishing the Australian’s face in the third, while in the fourth Risko landed hard lefts to the body, pounding the Australian’s kidney on breaks from the clinches. Cook tried forcing the fight, and stepped in, only to take a terrific right, which appeared to land in the region of the heart, and another to the body. Cook claimed that he had been hit low, but did not appear to be hurt, and remained on his feet. Between the fourth and fifth rounds Cook's second unsuccessfully tried to get the referee to examine Cook. The Australian started the fifth round with a rush, and Risko landed a left hook to the body. Cook went down. The blow was clearly low, for the referee immediately stopped the bout, declaring that the Australian had been fouled. The Australian’s fight with Risko was unexpected, and constitutes his most important engagement since his arrival in the United States. He was substituted for Jim Maloney when the latter received a cut under an eye from a sparring partner which rendered him unable to meet Risko ns scheduled. The bout marked the beginning of the openair season.

WELLINGTON TOURNAMENT NEXT MONDAY. The boxing tournament to be held on Monday next will afford Wellington patrons of the sport the first opportunity in many years of seeing a high-class flyweight professional in action. Vic White, the Australian champion, is described as a clever exponent, and one who adopts different tactics in every round, whether winning or losing. His weight in his last contest was 7st. 81b., so that Hume, the local bantam, with his Bst. or more, will have some advantage in that direction, besides an advantage in the matter of height and reach. The local man is considered one of the best produced in his class in New Zealand. Patrons are reminded that the box plan will open this morning. Excellent preliminaries are promised, and among these chief interest centres in the meeting between Stone, the welter champion, and Morris, who created quite a sensation at the recent amateur tournament.