BOXING

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 May 1935, Page 13

BOXING

NEW BRITISH STAR. A new British boxing star has arisen. His name is Benny Lynch, a Glas-gow-born fly-weight, who qualified to meet Jackie Brown, of Manchester, for the British and world’s fly-weight championship by beating Tom Pardoe, the former A.B.A. champion at Birmingham (writes the Boxing Correspondent of the London “Daily Telegarph.”) The fight ended in the 14th round, when the towel was thrown in by Pardoe’s seconds. But for the great pluck of Pardoe, 'which alone had kept him on his feet, fighting desperate!} 7 for several rounds, the towel might have been thrown in much earlier. It was quite certain after the ninth round that Pardoe must be badly beaten. Lynch is the nearest approach in style and effectiveness to a first-class American boxer that we have in England to-day. He has no straight left, but attacked with long and punishing hooks to the body with both hands.

Pardoe’s punches he ignored. Defence meant nothing—had no place in his scheme. A straight left from' Pardoe was, to Lynch, simply an opening for a drive under the _ heart. On several occasions the Birmingham man, determined to shake this terribly tough Scot, set himself to put all he had behind a straight and accurate right to the jaw. Only once, at the end of the first round, was there the slightest sign that Lynch was even conscious that he had been struck. He was cool and speculative, added a wicked uppercut as a variation to his hooks, and was powerful ’enough to hold his opponent helpless in the clinches.

CRUDE, BUT EFFECTIVE.

Judged according to the bygone Eng-

lish style, Lynch was crude. As a modern fighter his effectiveness is going

to carry him a long way. He disappointed me only in his failure to end the fight sooner, though the courage and the ringcraft of Pardoe had much

to do with this. Aftei' accepting innumerable slashing blows to the body, Pardoe collapsed in the eighth round under a left hook to the jaw. The same punch dropped him again in the ninth, and on each occasion he used his wits and kept free from danger until the bell. In the 11th round Pardoe summoned

his remaining strength and concentrated all he could into n magnificent punch flush to the jaw. Lynch seemed easy enough to hit. Simultaneously, however, Lynch crashed a hook to the stomach. Pardoe’s 'effort had apparently not the slightest effect. A left hook drove Pardoe through the ropes in the 13th round and the 14th had hardfy begun when the towel was thrown in. Pardoe has not the stamina of a champion, nor quite sufficient skill to outbox a stronger opponent. But he proved that he had the courage. As for Lynch, he has still somepiing to learn, and if he learns it he will be a real star, whom Britain may safely send abroad. He is only 21 and unless Brown has deteriorated their championship match, when it is staged, should be a very close fight .