BOXING.

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 August 1920, Page 2

BOXING.

(By “Looker-on.”)

The Gxeynmuth Boxing Association h.. vo m> .v ooii.u.etcu ..xi ariangoiUon.s io-r i/J3 jnc-eting b.LVi't'cu Haviia.i tioi «n.i Hairy iron no.--, w.acn talces pmeo cl mo cuu ox me prcseiiL monta xm» MioUiJ oe too j;nw tcieilllliC ulid speoi-ucuxur boxing malcii jot ueciheu a.o.e, bum 1.,-u* being at tiic top,, oi uieir fuiui. It is generally consxu-t-iea tnhfc in aon ox ei-o rii-ng.mng mat maikcd tile Volaire —Hoxiues an .1 Volaire —Lren iigafcs will oe stmewiiaoaiirpicucus by its absence in the foithconung bout, due vj both Holmes and uren being adepts in the stand-off class of fighting • —the sort oi ligating uut waiius the heart of the boxing lan. 'When Uren and Holmes met in Sydney some coup to of years ago, Holmes got the decision on points, but the margin was considered so close that many ware of the opinion that a draw would have met tea occasion. Of course, both lads must have imp,roved a whole heap since then, but, seeing that liavilah CJrci was then practically only making his debut in the ring, whereas Holmes was already well known to Sydney fans, I would take Uren to have made the most improvement in the meantime. His lec >rd since coming to Hew Zealand, alone, stamps him as a most scientific Jad, and prior to returning to Sydney Tommy Uren made no secret of the fact that when liavilah and Holmes again met he expected the younger member of the family to I’everse the Sydney plv-ing. Fans on the Otira line are to have the privilege of a special train or. ihe night of the Holmes —Uren bout, which should bo the means oi bringing a big crowd to town from that end of the ci~-hict.

The Blackball Boxing Association axe arranging to hold a tourney next month, when a good night’s sport is sure to eventuate. Seeing that we .ne to have the N.Z. amateur championshins here next year, it is up to all the Coast associations to push on with this branch of the rnert. With the advent of the- Australian professional to the Dominion the amateur boxer has been somewhat neglected during the past six njon'ths, but better counsels are now beginning to prevail and more interest, trdem in the amateurs. It must be remembered that it is from the ranks cf the young lads now coming on that our future “big guns” must come. One of the special bouts at the forthcoming* Blackball tourney will be a six-round" go between “Dago” Nelson (Grey mouth) and “Bull” Neil son (Blackball). Tommy Uren will meet the American bex-er, Billy Shade, in Sydney on September 4th, Tommy is already in Svduev, and the meeting will be watched with more than usual interest on the West Coast..

H Withey, the Dunedin “white hope,” who meets Eugene Yolaire in the ■ southern town next month, won the New Zealand Middleweight Amate"r C'h amnion in 1913.

In a bout at Dcnnistbn on Saturday night Boyd (Denniston) and Dudley lAh aura) lough a six two-minute go. Boyd gave a- very tine exhibition, as also did Dudley, the latter being exceedingly clever in) in-fighting and showed good use cl both hands. Dudley was declared the winner.