PROFESSIONAL BOXING.
The Wellington Boxing Association will open its professional season at the Town Hall on Thursday night, when two Auckland welterweights, Don Johnson and Vie. Caltaux, will meet. Caltaux took everything in his stride last season, and was matched with Tommy Jones, the American negro boxer, who is in line for a world title bout with Henry Armstrong. Caltaux is a rugged boy and a great battler, but he will find in Johnson an opponent who cannot be taken lightly. Johnson is reported to be infine fettle, and prospects are for a willing tussle. Calf.ux can absorb plenty of punishment and the steadying effect of the experience he gained last year has undoubtedly improved his style and his ring technique. There is little doubt that the best bouts that have been turned on locally for a couple of seasons now have been those between New Zealanders. Perhaps they lack the science of the overseas men but they appear to make it more entertaining for the crowd. There will be amateur preliminaries. Particulars are advertised in this issu§.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 88, 15 April 1939, Page 7
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