BOXING

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 13, 15 July 1935, Page 14

BOXING

DECISION FOR JACOBS

FORD GIVES GOOD DISPLAY

(By Telegraph.) (Special to the "Evening Post.1') MASTERTON, This Day. Superior ringcraft and a damaging right hook carried Em. Jacobs, Wellington, to a points decision over Jack | Ford, Masterton, in a ten-rounds professional light heavyweight boxing contest staged in the Municipal Hall on Saturday night. It was a good, hard fight, brightened by occasional brisk rallies, which were surprising in view of the pace set by both men from the initial gong. Ford fought remarkably well, but Jacobs had a trump for his every lead and ran out a fairly comfortable winner on points. In assessing the merit of Ford's performance, full account must be taken of the fact that he was making his debut in the professional ranks, and was opposed to one of the two best lightheavies in New Zealand—a man with a long list of winning fights. Jacobs fought 100 per cent, better than he did when recently opposed to Fisher, but Ford went with him all the way, and the last two rounds were full of incident. Mr. A. J. Ellison turned out Ford iii the pink of condition, and the Masterton lad forced the pace over the early rounds. Jacobs, however, was coolness personified, and he cleverly weaved and ducked out of range of Ford's leads, at the same time picking up points with a rapier-like right. Against a less-experienced fighter, Ford's aggressive tactics would have told their tale, but Jacob's ringcraft enabled him to successfully counter his opponent's strategies. At 12st Jacobs held an 81b advantage in weight over Ford, and he was well skilled in using this to effect in clinches. As an exhibition of fast, solid slogging,, with practically no let up, the bout would have been difficult to improve on. The crowd, which filled the hall to capacity, thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it, and over the last couple of rounds was on its feet urging on the contestants, already flat out, to even greater efforts. Although his face and body showed the effects of Jacobs's right—the winner's left connected cleanly, but there was lit!V> or no snap behind it—Ford saw the distance out in great style, and he went within an ace of winning the ninth round. Ford won most of his amateur fights with a straight left, and he used tifis to advantage over the first three rounds against Jacobs. Early in the fourth, however, Jacobs snapped a telling punch to Ford's shoulder muscle and from then on the latter used his left sparingly and with obvious effort. Consistent leading and clean hitting won for Ford the second and third rounds, but Jacobs had a clear-cut advantage over seven of the remaining eight rounds. Ford came to light with a fine rally in the ninth that almost won him that round. It was a particularly clean fight, and another appearance by either of the men would be welcomed.' Prior to the fight, which was controlled by Mr. J. Evans, of Wellington, challenges to fight the winner were received from R. Nicol, K. Fisher, and A. Dazzler.