PALMER TOO GOOD

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 63, 8 December 1931, Page 11

PALMER TOO GOOD

O’Malley Outpointed ONE-SIDED BOXING Only One Man In It Ambrose Palmer, middleweight boxing champion of Australia, outpointed Jack O’Malley, heavyweight champion of the Commonwealth, over fifteen rounds before a fair-sized house at the Winter Show Stadium last night. Though giving away 131 b in weight. Palmer lived up to his nickname of “Tiger,” and, moving faster and beating his man to the punch, practically won every round, and appeared to be carrying his man along over the greater part of the journey. Considering two Australian titleholders were.performing, it .was a most disappointing display. O’Malley returned to his native land with the reputation of being a rugged fighter, but failed altogether to live up to it. It was Palmer who did the fighting, and the conqueror of Jack Haines proved himself, a champion of class. O’Malley was much too slow, and telegraphed the right each time he sent it over. The weights were announced as O’Malley 12st. 101 b. and Palmer list, lllb. The lighter man had the better style, and scored well with a snappy left-hook in the first round. ■ O’Malley did better in the second round, meeting his opponent as he came in with a good straight left to the face. In the third round Palmer jerked his man’s head back with a beautiful left-hook, but O’Malley scored well •with a right to the side of the head. Palmer was much the faster of the pair, and won each of the first four rounds. Pace Quickened. They clapped on the pace in the fifth round, in which some hard-hitting was seen. Palmer scored well with the left to head and body, and O’Malley did well with both hands to the head. Palmer was inclined to hit low at times, and also did too much claiming, but he continued to beat his man to the punch. Palmer made his opponent’s right ear riug with left hooks in the sixth and seventh rounds. The middleweight repeated the dose in the next round. O’Malley vainly attempted to connect with the right to the head, but was far too slow. In the ninth round Palmer charged his man, who sidestepped, and the Australian middleweight champion went sprawling on his face oh the mat. At the end of the round a section of the crowd started to count the boxers out, but this was met by a burst of hand-clapping. Palmer’s nose flew red signals in the tenth round, but he was boxing even faster than at the opening of the contest, and he continued to have the better of the exchanges; Palmer changed his knickers at the end of this round. Palmer sparkled up in the eleventh round, using his feet cleverly to step in quickly and plant the left to the face. Palmer Still Aggressive. , “Come on, O’Malley, you’re a mile behind,” yelled a wag as they came out for the twelfth round. This was all very tine, as it was Palmer who set up an offensive. They started to tight in earnest and were mixing it freely in Palmer’s corner when the gong went. A left-hook had opened a gash above O’Malley’s right eye early in the fight, and it was a torrid-looking sight when a couple of similar blows landed on it in the thirteenth round. A left rip to the body by Palmer was a trifle on the low side.

Palmer dealt out severe punishment in the fourteenth round, causing O’Malley’s damaged right eye to rain blood with a series of left-hooks. “Stop the fight," called a rlngsider. It was all Palmer in the last round, and the middleweight champion of the Commonwealth boxed so cleverly that hb lent the impression that he could have finished his man had he wished to do so. Mr. E. Perry refereed the contest with his usual ability, and the judges’ seats were occupied by Messrs. P. W. Woods and G. P. Aldridge. Challenges to Winner. Ted Morgan, who was Introduced to the audience, issued a challenge to box Palmer at list. Gib, and a telegram was received from “Yank” Hannaberry, the Australian heavyweight, from Hastings, challenging the winner of last night’s contest. Amateur Preliminaries. Two St. Patrick’s College students. J. McDermott (9st. 41b.) and T. Ilyan (fist. 21b.), started off the evening’s entertainment in a lightweight contest which thrilled the crowd. It was a fight from start to finish'. McDermott was the ruggeder of the pair, and, keeping both hands going continuously, he dealt out severe punishment in the opening round. Ryan did a little better in the second round, but McDermott had all the better of the last round, and won by a wide margin. It was a fight as distinguished from a boxitw contest. ~ L. Larsen (Bst.) outboxed S. Donoghue (7st. 121 b.), in a bantamweight argument. Donoghue showed brilliant footwork, and moved fast, but Larsen, keeping relentlessly after his man, had his opponent doing a nimble sidestep in the next three rounds. Donoghue did some brilliant boxing, but Larsen won the decision by leading persistently, and doing the cleaner hitting. It was a spirited bout. J. Doneghue (Ost. 41b.) proved too fast and clever for J. Symons (9st. 101 b.), in a lightweight clash. Doneghue was too experienced for his slower opponent, and won by a comfortable margin of points. It was a colourless contest. J. Mansfield (lOst. 51b.) outpointed F. Norris (lOst. 81b.), in a welterweight contest, which had the house rocking with applause. Norris is a fighter, but Mansfield met him more than half-way, and had the better of the exchanges in four hardhitting rounds, A. Clements (fist.) outpointed T. Corbin (Bst. 121 b.). in a thrilling featherweight bout. Corbin had the best of the first round, but Clements came to light with a good straight left, and, bringing over a right swing, had his man badly marked about the face in the last three rounds. Clements owed his victory to rare fighting spirit, and his ability to take punishment. |