MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 115, 19 May 1925, Page 4

MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST

M'DONALD 'DEFEATS DWYER,

(Nt TEtEORAPIi;_p IIISS ASSOCIATION.)

m „■ , nUNEDIX, 18th May. At Tl,s Majesty's Theatre to-night a rPfioked house watched a, professional fif-tee.i-rom,d bout between Hughie Dwyer •(Australia) and Laehie M'Ponald'(New «ealan^ middleweight champion), for ' a purse or £150. After three'spirited, prenmintiries, the ' pnndp.il conlestants ap-ynai-cd..thu weights being a-jven as Pwvcr, lOil, arid M'l'oniijrJ, iOtl 13Alb. ' % . .liie taii j'aCiiid ojj§acd by K^li jjj,qi

sparring easily, ■Dwyei- consistently scoring with the left, and ended with honours a shade in his favour. The second vound wos uneventful, and with the exception that M'Donald attempted to force things somewhat, neither man had much advantage when the ~ round terminated. Round three was ' M'JJonaMs, in that he did the bulk of the fcadmg scoring principally with his nglit. ltus, however, seemed to trouble ■Hn? pr i 'c- RePe^le(i attempts by M Donald to come to 'close quarters in the fourth, fifth, nnd sixth rpur)4s were frustrated by Pwyer, the former roanag--IBS to bring his infighting tactics to bear only once. The seventh round was full of incident, the local man scoring repeatedly with a hefty right. Round eight was uneventful, whilst the ninth favoured M'Ponsld, whp kept his punishing right moving, which, allied to an extra stone weight, kept Dvrver on the defensive. In the tenth, although M'DonaJd worked hard, the Australian's more experienced defence made his "attack futile. Round eleven saw neither man with any advantage, and although Dwver received a slightly grazed eye, lionours were even. Round twelve seemed to be tip AeW Zealander's, and its successor, the '•devil's round," was sadly misnamed, as it wqs devoid of 'incident. JJwyer s left was prominent in the fourteenth, hut seemed to be wanting in power. The last round was tamer than the generality of final rounds. The re•lerees decision was in favour of M'Donald. -