EXCITING BOXING

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1931, Page 6

EXCITING BOXING

HARP,. GEIJELLINGBOUT

TROWERN BEATS DELANEY

Tn one ol the bet.L contes.ls hucii in AVcllinglon tor siomc conaidciable time Keg. Trowern of Whime-nci outpointed Bubby Delaiicy, lightweight chmnijion of Aiihtivilia, at the Boxing Studiuin labt night. Boxing right up to hit> ,bcs,t lorin Trow cm completely rehabilitated himself after, tho iccoiit unsatislaetoiy -diSjilny aguiiibt 'J'ed Llorgau, aud his.win la^t uight was clear cut and convincing. As his formidable record of knock-out- victories testifies JDelaney is a .very hard and.^iuious puncher, but, although shaken at timca Tiowcrn always boxed shrewdly. Gaining confidence as the bout progic'st>cd,' he landed more often and moic accuuittly, -\vliile his defensive work was generally sound. At times he made the' Australian miss liadly, and in what little real in-fighting there was he had all the better of it. - The Australian, whila showing an abundance of the fighting spirit ,so dearly loved by boxing audiences, did not appear to have improved much as a boxer niiiee his last appearance , here, He .was willing to trade punches at any stage of the battle, and theie were 'some' ton-id exchanges which had the- good-sized crowd greatly excited. Although beaten Delaney Avas far from dsscredited/arid as he did not see the fifteen rounds out as well as Tiowein, he should be a much improved boy with the fight. This applies paiticulaily to his timing, which on the whole was lar tiom good. It was an exciting conte&t, packed with incident, and should do a Rieat deal low aids testoung the popularity ni bo\ ing in Wellington ROUND BY ROUND. Tiowein (10&t ZVz\\>) attended by J. Donoghue, Ambiose Palmei, and Geoige Jeftnes, was the fust in the mig, iollowed a couple of minutes afterwards by Delaney, who had Sammy Chapman and Bob Thornton in his cornci Tuic to his leputation. and in icpetition of the fust lound of his picwous light heie, Delaney went into his man at the sound of tbe gong. He lipped with hih left to the body iepe.itedly, occasionally shooting $■ light, but Trowcm wab moving around, all the time and' Dclancj's timing' was not good. Flashing his left twice to the head and then to the body, Delaney opened the second round 'well.-' -He'concentrate'l mainly on hia left, and landed repeatedly with it, but towaids.the end of the round the New Zealand boy.soored with his right hand several times. They were moving around last all the time with Delaney punching the haider but missing as often as he landed. Trowevn countered whene\rei- the oppoitunity ofleied, and his defensive work mv oiling away from some of Delaney's attacks ito the head was good. Nevertheless he could xiot pievent the Australian irom hmtmg him with two left rips toi-the body. The foyrth was Trowern's lound all the way He played a straight left lo the fade fiequently and made Delaney miss whenever the Australian Went to' counter. Trowern,'however", was-too slow a couple of times to'take advantage of tho openings Delaney left after missing. , Heartened by this success Tiowern lushed in at the beginning of the fifth and he scored with both hands bofoie Delaney got a chance to ietahate. The Austialian did not take long to recover himself, and both boys exchanged some solid punches in the ensuing work. A solid right cross went lo Delaney s account eatly m the sixth session, but Trowern fought back, and although Delaney used both hands to scoie to head and body he did not ha\e things all his own way. Trowein was handling his rushing opponent well. Up to this stage Delaney had been warned twice, once for punching on the back of the i head, and once for being a bit low with his left. After a tanly quiet seventh Tiowein loused the crowd in the next when he chased Delaney around the ring, peppering him with straight lefts. Delaney took it all, and waited for his chanco. He brought Trowern's advance to a sudden teimination with <i clashing uglit to the face. The New Zcalandci continued to woik well, and again he mus,t have taken the points in a blight lonnd. * , i ROUGH WORK IN, CLOSE. \- The work of both men in clb»e had been l ough and crude, and the attitudes in which they found themselves (mainly owing to, their styles of fighting) were tot times more in keeping with wiestling., la untangling himself fiom one of these mix-ups Delaney screwed with, his ,bac,k to Trojvein, and when he turned "around-the Kew Zoalander knocked'him "down with a great right. Delaney gbt'up togo ;n and mix it, but Trowern had him- hanging! on » few seconds Liter as a tesull of body punches.

They then mixed it freely until the end of (he round, to the delight ot the uudiencc. The further il went the better Jrowern seemed to box, and he piled up the points with h straight left to the face, Lo which Delaney appeared to have no stop. Keeping right into his man, Trowern prevented Dcluney getting room •to ru-ih and swing, but he could not slop the Auslvulian binking a couple of solid lefts lo the body. Dclanoy • won the eleventh by off and boxing quietly, but the New '/malander came back' again in the twelfth and landed time'imd again. The pace hud Mowed a liille, but the boys were slill-go-ing strongly, and Dclancy, although not landing as often us Trowern, was hitting much harder when ho did. The last three rounds had the crowd cheering wildly. Delaney's condition ■appeared to be giving out, but he was still full of fight. He dealt out home severe punishment lo Trowern, but his blows lacked their earlier sting, and the New Zealaiider took it all and retaliated in kind. The latt round was the best of the contest; both boxers stood too lo toe and slugged their way 'around' the ring. .It was exciting work, and they were still hammering away when the final gong went. The judges (Messrs. .G; .Aldridge and V. Woods) disagreed, and the, referee ' (Mr. 13 Perry J rightly, gave the, decision' to Trowern. It was an extremely popular win. '

AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES.' Boxing faster and with far more dash, than he usually puts into his ,wdrk, ~M. Strickland (list 121b) showed a" very welcome improvement against D. Sjoberg (11 st 61b). Crawford's boy used his left hand well, and varied his attack nicely'to body and head. He had Sjoberg down for eight in the first, and dealt out solid punishment in the remaining three; sessions. Sjoberg stood up to it gamely, but he was well behind when Strickland was disqualified for hitting with the heel 'of his hand in the List. He had been warned just previously for the same thing. Some clever but-hardly exciting boxinp; «<is seen in the bout between T. Arbulhnot (lOst 71b) and \V. Withey (10ht 01b). Both boys had good smothers, and they had tome difficulty in landing on each other. Withey punched fast when" the opportunity offered, and in the last round he speeded up to take a well-earned decision. * ", : '" '■■' '■'■■'''' • ' ■ ■ : '.:■'■ 1;'-''-'1 ' ' '

IS. Jacobs (list 21b) and L Stnckland (list) wcie a rugged pair, who, although displaying little science, appeal rd quite willing to knock each othei light out ol tho ring. They failed in this object, but it was not for want of tiymg. Jacobs took, the verdict. Two featherweights, M. Whites' {Sst Gib> and J,M'Donald (Bst 121b),'bounced around a lot'and woiked haid right.through tout rounds. White, once a, frequent jperformci in preliminaty bouts^ seemed ,to ,be waiting for a chance to use his light, bub he waited too long, and M'Donald fairly woi ned him out of the fight, ~. ,• ; Two midgets in R. Watson (3st ,13^1b) and J. Picchi (3st 81b) caused, tlic crowd great amusement with Hih'eir' eager work. They displayed tbe coolntess of. veterans m the ring, and the audience "showed its appieciation by showering 'coins in" the nng af the conclusion of their throclound battle '>