BOXING

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 July 1939, Page 11

BOXING

■\ ■ t ■ JENKIN DEFEATS PARRIS. ■ [PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ■ DUNEDIN, July 16, ■ ■Showing.much..improved form, Stan ■enkin (lOst ,73Jb) defeated Billy ■arris (lO.st 4JIb.) last night, the stopping the contest in the ■fith' round arid awarding' the deciHon to Jenkin. Jenkin had'the better ■ the fight practically throughout, ■id gave a fine exhibition of two■anded fighting. On several occasions ■ehad Parris down, and. towards the ■id of the bout the Wellington man ■as almost out on his feet. H AMATEUR BOUTS U WEST COASTERS IN ■ CHRISTCHURCH, July 16. ■ Features of ari amateur boxing tdurat Christcllurcli on Saturday ■ght were a number of-contests, be■zeen West Coast and Canterbury ■ys : . One of the bouts, between H. ■ill (West Coast) and R. Martin, of must be one of the best ■nateur bouts seen here for years, ■th boys hk hard and often and both ■ere good boxers. Bouts in which ■est Coasters figured were as follow: ■osquito-weight:, ■j. Porter beat R. Nelson on points ■ a bright three rounds. ■t. . Hogarth (West Coast) Bst 41b. ■as given the decision over W. Jarvis ■t 41b. The bout was fast and clever, ■ogarth was certainly the more but many of his puriches by a long way. Both boys stood ■ well to punishment, but by the end ■ the fourth round Jarvis was show■g the effects. ■e. Foote Bst drew with P. Campbell ■rest Coast) Bst in a fast and hard-hit-■ig three rounds. Both men hit hard ■d both were aggressive. The third ■und was exciting, with many toe-■-toe exchanges. ■\y. Jaggar 9st beat W. Clarke (West ■?ast) 9st on points. The two boys ■ere well-matched, with Jaggar the ■ore skilful, and the West Coaster a ■tie the more aggressive of a keen ■ght Heavy-weight: ■r. Martin (Christchurch) drew with ■. Hill (West Coast) in one of the amateur bouts seen in the city ■r years. The first round was at hur■cane pace, and the second, third, fourth, while naturally slowei, ■ere just as exciting. Hill macle most the fighting at the start, but had to the gauntlet of a deadly left. Both ■en took a lot of punishment, and were game, fast, and real box■s. The decision was popular. HENNEBERRY V. McAVOY. CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] ■ i LONDON, July 15. Australian boxer, Fred Hqnne■riry will contest the Empire, title ■ainst Jock McAvoy, at Liverpool on 3.