DUNN AGAIN BEATS GANZON

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 22

DUNN AGAIN BEATS GANZON

RIGHT HAND DECISIVE VICTORY

GREAT SHOWING AGAINST BRILLIANT FILIPINO^

Brilliant conqueror of Billy Hamilton, the Victorian champion, a fortnight ago, Dommy Ganzon, the champion Filipino, met his Waterloo in King Edward Barracks last Saturday night, when he was beaten on points in a ten-round match with the crack New Zealander, Henry Dunn, of Wellington, states the Christchurch "Star-Sun." It was Dunn's second victory over the Filipino.

At no stage of the fight did the Filipino produce the brilliant form he displayed against Hamilton —mainly tor the reason that he was not allowed to. By no means as scientific as Ganzon, Dunn, nevertheless, took every advantage of his greater strength and weight, and in the end a terrific right to the body, which he used judiciously throughout, told its tale. It was a good bout, with plenty of speed and two-handed fighting by both men. Although there were some who claimed that a draw would have been a fair result, the points that Dunn piled up in the last few rounds carried him to victory. GANZON THE LIGHTER. Five pounds were given away by Ganzon, and Dunn, announced at 9st 71b, looked every ounce of his weight. With straight lefts to the head, Ganzon started scoring rapidly in the opening round, Dunn countering with an occasional right hook. Dunn was leaving! his face a wide open target when he ducked low from Ganzon's left without covering up. But the Filipino failed to take advan-

tage of this opening, and, probably warned by his seconds at the end of the round, Dunn did not leave such an opening again for the remaining nine rounds. Dunn scored with a useful right swing to the head in the second, and started to go in, but the flashing Filipino was too elusive and when he found himself in difficulties he brought his right rip to the heart into action. Dunn was fighting doggedly, but not with the speed and science of the Filipino.

Warmed up now, Ganzon started a hot attack in the third. With perfect straight lefts that frequently flicked Dunn's nose and left and right rips to the body, Ganzon had Dunn on the defensive. Whenever Dunn attempted to fight his way out of trouble with hard-slogging rights and lefts, Ganzon

danced away from danger, and Dunn found himself punching the air. Dunn appeared to be affected by Ganzon's merciless rights and lefts to the heart Most of the attack in the fourth was carried out by Dunn, who aimed lefts and rights at Ganzon's face. Few landed, Ganzon's beautiful footwork carrying him away from danger. Both sparred round to little purpose for the greater part of the fifth, but near the end Dunn opened out with a brilliant two-handed attack which was as big a surprise to the crowd as it must'have been to Ganzon. TWO-FISTED FIGHTING. Fast, two-fisted fighting by both men delighted the crowd in the sixth. Dunn's greater weight and strength were beginning to tell. Paving the way with a left feint and a right cross, Dunn went in to punish Ganzon with vicious lefts and rights to the body. Dunn was:

fighting with more confidence now, and I ended the round with a whirlwind attack to Ganzon's head. With a shower of terrific punches, Dunn drove Ganzon to the ropes, and the Filipino went back to his corner at the end of the round obviously distressed. Lefts and rights to the body were used by Dunn to keep Ganzon on the defensive at the opening of the seventh. Dunn was fast overtaking' the lead Ganzon had established In the early rounds. Dunn was attempting to finish the fight with an upper-citf which several times just missed as the speedy Filipino flashed away. Again at the end of the round Ganzon was defending desperately on the ropes. Still Dunn relied on his right to score, a right that carried weight and speed. Ganzon now (Started to score with his left, but he was finding it hard to get through Dunn's guard. The New Zealander was smothering well and was taking a lot of Ganzon'i punches on his gloves and arms. FILIPINO PUNISHED. Before another whirlwind attack, Ganzon went to the ropes at the

beginning of the ninth. The Filipino was taking a lot of punishment both on the head and body. Seldom did he attack-with any force now and it was taking him all his time to keep out of range of Dunn's vicious right to the jaw.

Only a knock-out could save the Filipino from defeat now. With straight lefts and terrific right rips to the heart, Ganzon attacked from the gong in the tenth and final round. Then came > Dunn's last raid. In he went with lefts and solid rights, his greater weight driving Ganzon to the ropes in an all-in, do or die attack. Ganzon tried hard to land the left hook that had knocked out Hamilton, but failed.

i Among the professional boxers traini ing at'Hedberg's gymnasium, which Js now located in Dixon Street and where ' Jack Crowley is one of the instructors, are Tiger Parks, Tommy Hansen, Barney Down, Billy Aitken, Kid Fisher, Jim Griff en, and Em Jacobs. Barney Down is anxious to have another tilt at Stan Jenkin, to whom he recently dropped a narrow decision at ■ Oamaru. Down is also looking for a ' chance to relieve Neville Mudgway of ' the Dominion welterweight title. He will have the biggest fight of his career so far when he meets Hockey Bennell, the talented Australian, at Invercargill on July 11. , It is stated that the Oamaru Association is negotiating for a bout for the vacant middleweight boxing title i between Stan Jenkin and George Allen. , The negro boxer Tiger Parks would . like to have a, return bout with Les ' Adams, preferably in Wellington. j. '. Jack Crowley has recently been id . ', communication with the promoter at; ! the Oakland Auditorium, California,; . with whom he is personally acquainted. The American has promised not ; only to provide transport to and fights ; in the States for any New Zealand ! boxer whom Crowley recommends,, but is also prepared to send boys out here if suitable arrangements can be made. Stan Jenkin, of Oamaru. ex-welter-weight champion of New Zealand, will meet George Allen, of Gisborne, for the New Zealand middleweight title at Oamaru on Thursday. The title was previously held by M. O'Brien, of. . Dunedin, who won It from Em Jacob ;,in 1936. O'Brien has forfeited the title.