BOXING

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 124, 29 May 1922, Page 2

BOXING

A HABIKFOHGHT BATTLE.

(nrifir nut ASsdci.iflto.— commmt.) . v (ABSTRAUAnVnEW ZEALAND CABtE ASSOCIATION".} ' ':": LONDON, 27th May: ■ Groddai-d knocked out Billy Wells in the sixth round at the Crystal Palace. / LONDON,,2Bth May. The Goddftrd-Welb contest provided one of the most thrilling heavy-weight fights seen for a loiig time. Wells held a big advantage on points, giving Goddard a lesson in the finer art of the game. He had the best of the first two rounds, Jbttfc Went down to a hard right lii thd third, taking si* seconds. Tlie fourth round provMed a long i'ally of fierce figliting at a great pace, the men standing toe to t6e, exchanging blow for blow, Wells being the better of the W and raising the hopes of his supporters. Goddaid rallied in (ille fifth round, and delivered a/ series of heavy blotvs to the head alid* (sody, sending' Wells to' ihe floor, but the gong saved him. He looked' tired and beaten when the sibcth round began. Goddard sent him staggering to the ropes with a couple of right-handers,., and drove home a left, hook which stretched Wells out. Wells was still dazed WheSi assisted out of the- ring, i The'Contest shoiveid that Wells cannot stand heavy /punishment. ■ He adopted wrong tactics from the fourth round, when he made a rough «xchange of blows with a stronger-man.