McIVOR BEATS CANDY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 12, 14 July 1939, Page 17

M cIVOR BEATS CANDY

SURPRISE DECISION

TOWN HALL BOXING

MARSHALL'S POINTS VICTORY

An abundance of action and hard hitting characterised the two professional middleweight bouts at the Wellington Boxing Association's tournamen eional middleweight bouts, over eight three-minute rounds, at the Wellington Boxing Association's tournament in the Town Hall last night. Finlay Mclvor (Wellington) beat Mark Candy (Wanganui) on points, and Clarrie Marshall (Gisborne) beat Keith Fitzwater (Wellington) on points. There was a fair house.

The decision in Mclvor's favour came as a complete surprise; it appeared that Candy had won practically every round; and the Wanganui boy was certainly the aggressor. The only possible thing that could have swayed the judges in their decision was Candy's holding, although he was not warned by the r^eree. Marshall took some time to warm up against Fitzwater, but "after the third round he boxed splendidly. Any good work that Fitzwater did was nullified by his failure to keep his gloves closed. McIVOR AND CANDY. Mclvor weighed list 91b and Candy list 51b. • Three darting lefts to the face by Candy started his fight with Mclvov, Mclvor counter-punched to the solar plexus. Mclvor later scored with a fast Jeft hook, and Candy went into a crouch. There were cries of. "Come on, 'King Kong' Cox" when both boys adopted wrestling tactics in the second round. Candy scored well with a left to the solar plexus and a fast short right to the head, followed by more rights to the head. Mclvor's best work was done at close'quarters. Mclvor continued to look (facially only) the. quintessence of aggression in round three, but Candy suddenly unleashed a barrage that worried him. A left ripped the top of Mclvor's left eye open and a low right doubled Mclvor up, but he soon recovered. MeIvor had the better of matters at the start of round four and steadied his opponent with, a left rip to the face. | He followed with a useful two-handed attack, bat Candy scored with a left to the solar plexus when he bored in. Candy hung a neat left on the point .in round five, and-Mclvor's counterpunch went we! 7 astray. The latter, however, for a short spell had Candy bottled up in a corner, and landed heavy blows to the head with both hands. Mclvor was finding a straight left a useful counter for Candy's attacks. Candy's left was too fast for Mclvor to block in the sixth round, but Mclvor scored also with a similar punch. In a brace of mix-ups in the centre of the ring Mclvor had the best of things, but Candy landed a few. There was a torrid battle in the seventh round, with honours easy. Candy landed a useful left or two to the face and Mclvor, who was content to let his opponent do the leading, occasionally scored well in close. Mclvor's, waiting policy hardly seemed the best tactics in the final round when it appeared as if he needed a knockout to win. He scored! but solely as a result of Candy's leading.. There were "boos" above the cheering when Mclvor was awarded the decision. Mr. P. Stone refereed. MARSHALL V. FITZWATER. Fitzwater weighed 10st 101b and Marshall lOst 81b. Marshall started promisingly with, two lefts to the solar plexus and a hard right to ,the head. Fitzwater's contribution to the first exchange was a straight left to the head. A smart sidestep by Fitzwater nearly resulted in Marshall's departing through the ropes in round two. There was power behind the punches of both as they traded blow for .blow in the centre of the ring. Marshall opened hostilities with two straight lefts to the point in, the third round and Fitzwater dealt out the same punches. Two fast uppercuts following a clinch sent Fitzwater to his knees but he was unharmed and was soon back mixing it. Marshall was bleeding from a cut above the left eye when the round ended. Fitzwater's open-glove punches drew a reprimand from the referee in x'ound four. A few seconds later Fitzwater was hit low. Marshall held his opponent up to enable him to recover and soon they were at it again, with Fitzwater on top. / Marshall scox-ed with a straight left in round five, but at times it went well astray. A heavy right sent Fitzwater to his knees again but he was up before the count started. Fitzwater showed signs of slowing up in the sixth round and Marshall forced him back with a two-handed attack. He staged a recovery as the round progressed. Marshall was improving with every round and in the seventh he punched too fast for Fitzwater-. Uppercuts and rights to the solar plexus were Marshall's main scoring punches. The last round was a hectic affair, both boys hammering each other in a manner which aroused the crowd to fever pitch. Marshall's win on ppints was popular. The referee was Mr. P. Thomson. AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES. Amateur pi-eliminaries x'esulted as follows: — B. Fairbrother (Railways), lOst 31b, beat S. Hitchcock (Newtown), lOst 51b, on points. The winner's southpaw stance made him an awkward adversary. G. Todd (Newtown). 9st 3£lb, beat F. O'Connor (Railways), 9st 61b, on poixits. This was a willing bout in which Todd won on his aggression. W. Luddon (Hedberg's), list lib, beat J. Loftus (Newtown). list, on points. Loftus, a Wellington champion, was outpunched throughout. E. McGurk (Cotterill's), 9st 101b, beat C. Trillo (Miramar), 9st 121b, on points. This was one of the best bouts of the evening. The amateur bouts were refereed by Mr. Stone. The judges were Messrs. C. Mullany and W. P. Sommerville.

The concert in St. Francis Hall on Tuesday evening was given by the pupils of the Karori Convent Primary School, not by Karori primary school pupils.