SOME NEW MEN

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 88, 13 April 1935, Page 27

SOME NEW MEN

PROFESSIONAL BOXERS

'. Another sailor who shares with Mickey Holland, of the Diomede, and Wally Hancock,, of the , Australian Naval Division, the idea that, the squared ring provides opportunities for pleasure and profit is Ted Saunders, of H.M.S. Leith, who applied this week for a licence from the New Zealand Boxing Council to fight as a professional in the Dominion. Saunders, whp tips the scale round about list 51b, has had plenty of experience in Australia and, if he proves his quality against others of his weight, the inducement may be provided for the West Coast hard-hitting middleweight, Harry Lister, to return from Australia in quest of his forfeited title. A recent applicant for a title is George Thomas, brother of the late Harold Thomas, Olympic representa-. tive. George wants a bout with Billy Aiken, Pat Connors's pupil, who lias been unable to secure an engagement since he left the amateurs. Among his many amateur contests Thomas fought four times against Jack Jarvis, the Taranaki boy, whose professional career appears to have started very successfully. Two of the bouts were won by Thomas, one was a draw, and the other was won by Jarvis. AIKEN IMPROVING. In regard to Billy Aiken Pat Connors writes that although the boy has had the promise of a couple of fights nothing really definite has yet been fixed. Connors considers this surprising as Aiken, who was always a clever little fighter, has shown considerable improvement in recent months. _ A newcomer to the heavyweight ranks is Thomas G. Moore, a stalwart over six feet in height, who hails from Waitomo. Though he has not yet competed in the ring, even as an amateur, Moore states that he is a keen boxer and is confident of being able to put up a good performance against the other heavies. MORE THAN FORTY. These additions bring the number of professionals eligible to fight in the Dominion to more than 40, though not all of them are still in the country. In the list given below are several who are prepared to fight in classes other than those in which their names apRay Nicol (champion), Ambrose Palmer, Maurice Strickland, Val Luttrell, Thomas G. Moore, George Singleton, James Bolton, and Alan Campbell. Middleweight.—A. J. Reekie, G. Fitzmaurice, Kid Fisher, and Ted Saunders.

Welterweight.—Don Stirling (champion) and Ted Morgan. Lightweight.—Joe Franklin (champion), Tommy Donovan, Archie

Hughes, Johnny McKay, Jack Jarvis, C. McKnight, Johnnie Leckie, Ted Oxley, and Stan Brooks.

Featherweight.—C. Rayner (champion), TP. Hawes, C. Brosnahan, C. Hurne, W. Aiken, N. Mudgway, Val. Borcovsky, Al. Stock, Doug. Gay, and Mickey Holland.

Bantamweight.. — George Wright (champion), Larseh, Dal. Costa, Frank Taylor, Billy McKay, F. Bruno, and Len Knuckey.