GOOD NIGHT'S BOXING

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 138, 11 June 1920, Page 3

GOOD NIGHT'S BOXING

UREN AND VOLAIRE DRAW

HOSTILE BECEPTION OF DECISION.

The "Wellington Boxing Association was rewarded with another large house last night when the principal bout staged was a fifteen round professional lightweight contest between Havilah TJrert (Australia) and Eugene Volaire (France). The fight went the full distance, and Mr. T., 5 Tracey, the referee, gave it as a draw, a decision which did not meet with the approval of a large part of the spectators. And there was some reason for the disapproval, for, although there was little between ( the pair, that little' seemed to be in favour of the Frenchman. It was a case of a forcing fighter up against a young boxer, with something yet to learn and not enough sting in his punch. Volaire forced the pace moßt of the time, and'scored well in close work, and although Uren's clever footwork saved him several times, and prevented the Frenchman from using a right he had in readiness all the time, this did not appear to neutralise the other's points. Apparently, however, it did in the opinion of the referee. A feature of the contest was the fact that the referee did not have tc> interfere once during the whole fifteen three-minute rounds;- both men were sporting and. in fact, may have missed chances on this account. HOW THE ROUNDS WENT. The pair stripped well and evenly, Uren scaling 9st 6Jib and Volaire 9at 71b. Round one saw a, good deal of close stuff, in .-which both avoided punishment well; TJren came in with somu good long rights to the face. Uren again got in with long-range hits }n the second, and then the Frenchman brought off a lightning right and left. He al&o got in some heavy body work. There were several hot exchanges in the third; Urtsii getting in with a left, a light, and then a left. Volaire replied with a left and a riffht; and then Uren staggered him with a straight left. Volaire missed with a vicious upper-cut, but got in soina- useful stuff at close quarters^ The fourth was close* work, Uren finishing the round withahcavv right. Uren slipped to the floor in this round, and Volaire aportingly stood off. Hits were fairly oven in the fifth, with cl»yer foot work on both sides saving punishment. Uren ducked two right swings nicely, in the sixth. He missed with on, upper-cut, and then Volaire got homo with a heavy right which lost its sting by Uren .-jumpjnE: out just in time, They connected with, the right together earl>.in the seventh, and then close stuff saw Volaire scoring with right swings to the face, varied with body blows. Early in the eighth the Frenchman scored with aright to the jaw, which sent Uren to the ropes, andi then Uren came home with two in retaliation, though they were not so heavy.. Volaire was forcing the fight. Uren made an improvement in the ninth with good straight rights, but Volaire was scoring mo3t inside, though the Australian showed an occasional rapid right to the ribs with force behind it. Volaire was trying hard with his right throughout the tenth, during which Uren came in with telling long-range shots. With not much in it, the round was slightly better for Uren. • Volaire scored points in close fighting in the eleventh and the twelfth, with Uren getting in- occasionally with left jolts. The thirteenth was not spectacular; Volaire dodged one of Uren's, and the latter took a left and a right to the body. Volaire got in his favourite series in the fourteenth, a left,right, left to'the body, and then ducked a left and a right from Uren, who, however, got in a good left to the jaw. Things went evenly in the fifteenth, with nothing of special note occurring, Uren getting in with light long-range blows, and letting the Frenchman do the forcing. Volaire seemed in better trim than his opponent when the final gong went. THE AMATEURS. ' There were three amateur contests before . the big fight. R. Nixon (9st 41b) and B. Daley (9st 41b) two solidly-built light-weights, led off, and hit freely though; at times wildly. Neither had any,defence, with the result that lefts got home consistently on both sides. The decision of a draw was popular. J. H. Carr and V. Kerr provided a feather-weight contest of five two-minute rounds, the weight being 9st 31b and Bst 101b respectively. Carr was the aggressor in the firet round, with Kerr coming in only occasionally with quick lefts and away again. Kerr opened the second with a smart rally, but then Carr boxed liim around the ring; the third was more even, with Carr still a bit the better ; the fourth was Carr's again, with Kerr scoring occasional long-range shots. In the fifth, Kerr pulled up some points, but not enough to warrant the decision of a draw. Another feather-weight go of five twominute rounds was provided by E. Morgan (Bst 121b) and G. Curran (Bst 941b). Both hit out, with Morgan smothering lup better at the start. Morgan had the better of things in the second, but Curran became more aggressive in the third j and got home with, useful rights to the face. Curran did the fighting in the fourth and fifth, and got a deserved award. ■ : Mr. Earl Stewart was referee for theI amateurs.