PROFESSIONAL BOXING

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 74, 25 September 1934, Page 4

PROFESSIONAL BOXING

TAYEOR TOO STROMi

HURNE DEFEATED

Frank Taylor, the . Auckland bantamweight boxer, who retired undefeated, three or four years ngo while. holding the New Zealaud professional championship, proved too rugged for Cyril Hurno ■(Wellington) ■whom ho met at .the Town Hall last night. Taylor -was given the decision on a technical knock-out in the ninth round of a scheduled 'fe-round bout.

~ Taylor.met. Jlunie at. Westport in 1030 when he won by a knock-out in the fifth round, ami the passage of time has apparently niadc little difference in the fighting calibre of the pair. *

Those who expected Hume's cleverness on defence to counteract the northerner's greater punching power were justified up to a point, and that .point was leached when Hume, after connecting with a solid blow to Taylor's jaw, in the eighth .round, sought to follow up the advantage. Taylor, however, was not shaken to. the extent that at first' seemed apparent, and ■no sooner did Hurne open up his guard than the Auckland boy threw all he had into a right to the heart and a left to the head. These blows sent Hurne down and proved the beginning of the end. Hurne lasted till the end of the round but became an easy target for the other boy in the next, which had not gone far before the bout was stopped.

Though they were probably the best calculated to bring success his way, Taylor's.'tactics did not go to the making of aii attractive contest. He. set out. from the start to bore in on Hurne and wear him down by sheer strength. Most of the fighting, consequently, was done close in and mainly featured short-arm jabs to the body, and .attempts by the referee to keep the contestants from holding, in these exchanges' Hurne, who was tne faster puncher, did quite well and, had lie been able to last the distance, would concehably have gained a points decision His gloves, however; did not carry the tece v.h>ch Taylor was able to impart to h» blows and once his defence weakened he was fighting;a losing battle. In the fatth-round, apparently as the result of a knock from Taylor's head, he received » wound above the left eyebrow which bled frThe' amateur preliminaries took the form of intern ovincial. contests. between Weirifonetd it not been for a chivalrous i§itit tmmtM The following were .the officials- Keteiee, i for that division—Bst Gib- iayior „ Bst 81b and .Hurne Bst 71b. • :

!.: LITTLE VARIETY. There was little variety in the proceed^ round, was warned for. holding. Thei sec ond round had not Pressed far before the warning was repeatefl and this lousea a section of the crowd to protest that Hurne was responsible. Hume's greater speed enabled him.to shoot some solid blows home to both head and body, but they were lacking in real sting. Taylor had a tendency to hit low in the course of his bonng-m tactics, which; repeatedly caused Hurne to be forced, back against the ropes.. PlynV'his right?busily,; Taylor sailed in at thl /start ofthe fifth iound and a cut was opened above? Hume's left eye. Blood streamed down the Wellingtonian's face, .but liis; sight; was , apparently not lmPaMatters continued^ to be even in, the sixth and seventh rounds and the blows deliveredNha'd a tendency to be more becamew cveasingly apparent, but in the eighth Hurne shook him with a right to the head. Hurne momentarily relaxed his guard, however, and Taylor lost no time m tak- '»!«■ advantage" of the lapse. A strong doubfe handed battery sent Hurne down for a count of-six and when he rose he was felled again, the gong interrupting i^Thm?"Hume,still, had. fight left in ihim at the start orvtue mnetlv and apricared likely to weather the, storm, he 1 -a" again unsettled tea heavy right rip in the region of the heart. Taylor fol- | owed this Tup with a'left to the head-and H me was badly,dazed. Though he made W attempV-to^protest when the^reteee/ applied the closure, it was apparent that the;bout couldrnot have-continued muck longer. . : ■% '.

WAIRARAPA'S SUCCESS,

' J. Cadwallader (Wairarapa) Bst 11% b defeated H. Dunn Wellington) tot 81b. Both boys made good use oi their lefts in the first round, most of which was taken up with sparring ..for openings., -there fl-ere some stirring rallies m the second round and the crowd, excitedly cheered Dunn- 'for the way- < lie ■ met, the national champion more than" half-way. Each boy stayed down for a count but Dunn finished the stronger after shaking Ud-. wallader with a heavy rip to the heart. In the third round Dunn apparently ten that his opponent had had enough and refused "'to hit him again. The referee called on him to fight but he shook his head and Cadwallader's hand was raised in victory. When the crowd had awakened to what had happened it made a hostile demonstration against the omeial. It was 'an unfortunate ending to a nne bout, but the referee took the only course open to him, A Perrett (Wellington) lOst db defeated R. Page (Wairarapa) lOst 61b, on points It was a somewhat ragged bout which finished with some hard slogging in the final round, during which Page went down for a count of' nine. M Sprin" (Wairarapa) list 71b defeated J. Mansfield (Wellington), list 21b, on points. Spring opened strongly and sent Mansfield clown, for a count of six in the first round, but in the- second Mansfield used,his left to pave thegvay for his right and did much better. Both boys' displayed defensive weaknesses and there was a lot of holding. They mixed it, freely in the-last round but their performance lacked finish. W. Hedberg (Wellington) 9st 71b defeated J. Hansen (Wellington) 9st 51b by a technical knock-out. Hansen was act■ting. as -a' substitute for K. Carter (Wairarapa), who was unable to be present and put up', a good display against a more rugged-opponent who went very close to securing the Wellington lightweight title. The fight was stopped in the third round just after Hansen had been felled rather heavily,