N.Z. BOXING TITLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 60, 8 September 1938, Page 5

N.Z. BOXING TITLES

EIGHTY-ONE ENTRIES

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Eighty-one entries, a record for the last five years, have been received for the Dominion amateur boxing charrP pionships at Gisborne. There were 65 entries last year. The draw is:— Flyweight.—P. Connolly (Ashburton) v. G. Hastings (Mariawatu); B. Maddern (Taranaki) v. C. Worth (Auckland); winner No. 1 v. V. T. Hogarth (Greymouth); winner No. 2 v. winner No. 3. Bantam.—R. Smith (Ashburton) v. H. Foote (Wellington); G. Gordon (Auckland) v. N. Leckie (Otago); winner No. 5 v. W. Brown (Southland); winner No. 6 v. J. Thompson (Waikohu); winner No. 7 v. winner No. 8. Featherweight.—T. Baty (Waikohu) v. H. Stock (Auckland); G. Thomas (Taranaki) v. J. Parker (Wellington); P. Phelan (Northern Wairoa) v. L. Parsons (Manawatu); R. Smith (Ashburton) v. M. Parr (Otago); R. Davis (Hawke's Bay) v. S. Higgins (Pahiatua); W. Brown (Southland) v. M. O'Neill (Wanganui); winner No. 10 v. W. Shaskey (Gisborne); winner No. 11 v. A. Byrne (Hutt Valley). Lightweight.—D. McGirr (Rakaia) v. V. D. Coughlan (Manawatu); H. McIvor (Napier) v. H. Wellington (Gisborne); M. O'Neill (Wanganui) v. V. T. Dunn (Hutt Valley); S. Morris (Wairarapa) v. J. Calder (Taranaki); K. Moran (Auckland) v. J. Ramsay (Otago); winner No. 18 v.'J. Mclvor (Hawke's Bay); winner No. 19 v. I. Watson or G. Bridge (Wellington); winner No. 20 v. J. O'Connor (Christchurch). Welterweight.—J. Imlack (Wellington) v. A.' Kitt (Hawke's Bay); D. McLebd (Christchurch) v. T. Denny (Southland); J. Wills (Waikohu) v. W. Woods (Northern Wairoa); R. Tongs (Ashburton) v. J. Robinson (Opotiki); W. Giles (Hutt Valley) v. R. Lyall (Auckland); winner No. 26 v. M. Painter (Whangarei); winner No. 27 v. D. Heeney (Gisborne); winner No. 28 v. W. Nix (Wairarapa). Middleweight.—W. Nix (Wairarapa) v. W. Jack (Timaru); R. Branch (Auckland) v. L. Dennett (Opotiki); J. Loftus (Wellington) v. W. Enwright (Southland); C. McCandlish (Ashburton) v. F. Petersen (Manawatu); winner No. 34 v. R. Hadwen (Gisborne). Light-heavyweight.-r-G. Reid (Gisborne) v. L. Dennett (Opotiki); <J. Scnimanski (Taranaki) v. C. Marsh (Greymouth); T. Lister (Ashburton) v. A. Wilkins (Waikohu); W. Lister (Rakaia) v. P. Wood (Wairoa, Hawke's Bay); winner No. 39 v. A. Anderson (Southland); winner No. 40 v. G. B. Neilson (Auckland) ;• winner No. 41 v. A. Lucas (Hawke's Bay). Heavyweight.—E. Fell (Manawatu) v. J. Jansen (Gishorne); X A. Lucas (Hawke's Bay) v. W. Lister (Rakaia); winner No. 46 v. A. Anderson (Southland) ; winner No. 47 v. D. Mullett (Wellington); M. McHugh (Auckland) v. C. Marsh (Greymouth); J. Schimanski (Taranaki). v. F. Hill (Ashburton).