DEMPSEY WINS

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 4931, 5 July 1923, Page 3

DEMPSEY WINS

ON THE REFEREE’S DECISION. FIGHT LASTS 15 ROUNDS. (By Electric Cable. —Copyright). Aust. and N.Z Cable Association). (Received July 5, 12.20 p.ni.) J Now York, July 4. Dempsey defeated Gibbons on the referee's decision in the contest toi the world heavyweight championship. The fight lasted 15 rounds. THE FIGHT DESCRIBED. (Received July 5, 1.30 p.m.) v Shelby, July 4. Dempsey’s weight was 18Slbs and Gibbons’ 175.}1b5. Round one.—Dempsey led vigorously, landing heavy body blows and drawing blood from Gibbons' mouth with a left hook. Gibbons retreated, and then landed twice oil Dempsey’s jaw, but the champion knocked the challenger about easily. Round two. —Gibbons landed a hard right to the body, then opened Dempsey’s eye. Dempsey jarred his opponent bv a left to the jaw. Round three.—Gibbons protested against Dempsey mauling him in the clinches. Dempsey pounded his body savagely, and both men exchanged head blows. Round four. —Gibbons landed a 1 right uppercut. In-fighting followed, Gibbons was boxing well, and the champion was having trouble in hitting him. Round five.—Gibbons drove Dempsey back, knocking him to tile rojies with two lefts to the jaw. Dempsey kept clinching, but Gibbons again drove him back. Round six.—Dempsey knocked Gibbons between the ropes as he came out of a clinch, Gibbons protesting. Dempsey gave him severe jiunisliment at close quarters, which lie continually sought. Round seven —The crowd was angry as Dempsey held and hit, then Tie twice hit Gibbons below the belt without the referee protesting. Round eight.—Gibbons rocked Dempsey with two lefts to the jaw. Dempsey hit low again, and the crowd resented it. The round ended with an exchange of head blows. Round "nine. —This was mostly a series of clinches. Gibbons was distinctly outboxing the the champion and standing body punishment well. He' also landed several hard blows to the jaw. Round ten. —Gibbons improved in the clinches, and also mostly dodged Dempsey’s upper cuts and straight hits. Round eleven.—Dempsey was outmanoeuvred again, and struck below the belt. The crowd was furious. Gibbons retaliated with two hard blows to the jaw, and dodged Dempsey’s counter blows.