BOXING

Evening Star, Issue 25750, 25 March 1946, Page 7

BOXING

> BEATS CALTAUX BOUT STOPPED IN TWELFTH ROUND (P A ) WELLINGTON, Mar. 24. Bos Murphy (Hutt Valley) lifted the welter-weight title from Vic Caltaux (Auckland) before a crowd ot 7,000 on Saturday afternoon, the police stopping the light in the twelfth of the scheduled 15-round fight when Caltaux- was practically out on his feet It was one of the greatest open- , , • J. 1.„ J,...,. „f Cn..,.r.n iinr]

air bouts since the days ot barron ana Donovan. . Murphv gained enormously in prestige for his coming fight with Vic Patrick, the Australian light-weight and welter-weight champion, by the manner in which he battered Caltaux into submission, the latter being a gory spectacle as he left the ring. Only his superb courage enabled him to take the tremendous punishment he received. The only physical evidence Murphy bore of the effects of the fight was a cut over an eye, received when he was accidentally butted in the head by Caltaux during a clinch. BOLGER v. ENWRIGHT. Next Monday night the Otago Boxing Association will stage the fight of

tLe season for the highest purse paid | in Otago for many years. Laurie Bolger, who gave the public so many excellent performances last season, will be seen in a contest against the exNew Zealand middle-weight champion Bill Enwright. The men are well matched. Of the same height and reach, there is less than a pound difference in their weight. They have not previously met, and the winner oi this contest will be well in the running for a title bout later in the year. Both men carry devastating punches, and it is difficult to imagine the bout going the full distance. Six excellent preliminary bouts are being arranged, and the programme should be the highlight of the season. Full details are advertised. ____„_»