BOXING

Evening Star, Issue 20196, 8 June 1929, Page 9

BOXING

PURSY KNOCKED OUT SYDNEY, June 7. At the Leichhardt Stadium Wally Hancock (Hist l(-lb) knocked out Charlie Purdy (New Zealand, lUst Till)) in the J'ourtli round. Hancock thus won the welter championship from the New Zealander. The contest was sensational. Purdy was the better boxer, but Hancock, who was very confident, used a right and left to the chin freely, while Purdy went for file body, crouched low, and escaped ranch punishment. Purdy opened Hancock’s eye in the third, and Hancock hied freely. The fourth round opened full of promise. Hancock went after the New Zealander, and landed successive rights and lefts to Purdy’s chin, which always seemed to be unguarded. Purdy dropped to the boards near the end of the round. He tried to rise, bub was sent down for the full count. THU EE KNOCK DOWNS AFTER GONG. SYDNEY, June 8. (Received June 8, at 10 a.in.) The ‘ Guardian,’ commenting on last night's tight, says: “ When Purdy was knocked down in the fourth round ho rose at tire count of five, but was immediately dropped again. The packed house screamed with excitement. The bell rang, but the uproar was so great that the referee did not hear it. He continued counting over Purdy, who rose at three; hut he was promptly knocked down again for eight. The din was still terrific, and when he fell to the boards for the fourth time the referee was still unaware that the gong had sounded, and he crowned Hancock. “ Actually, the bout continued for twenty-five seconds after the bell had rung.” TO REGULATE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON, June 7. Arising out of its recent protest, the British Board of Boxing Control has sent a. letter to boxing federations throughout the world socking co-opcra-tion in the formation of a universal body regulating the world’s championships. The letter says: “If such a body could be formed it would result in tho greatest revival of woxing, as boxers of all nationalities would then have an opportunity of boxing for tho world’s championships.”