BOXING

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1945, Page 7

BOXING

N.Z. OFFER TO CONWAY. (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 23. i The Australian welterweight box- ■ er, Dal Conway, has received an offer 1 of £750 with the option of 30 per cent, of the “gates” for three fights in New Zealand, says the “Daily Telegraph’s” boxing writer. The offer was made by Pat Gleeson, on be- : half of New Zealand promoters. ! Gleeson has been appointed repre'i sentaiive in Australia of the Welling- . ton Boxing Association. He was one of our leading boxers '25 years ago. One of his jobs is to recommend suitable boxers to New Zealand promoters and arrange their contracts. New Zealand is particularly interest- 1 ed in our middleweights and welter-; weights. The offer to Conway is oe- : ing seriously considered by his manager, Mr. J. Minahan. The New Zealander, Vic Caltaux. has? been matched with Les Sloan, challenger for the Australian welterweight and middleweight boxing} titles. The pair will meet at the! Sydney Stadium on September l. ! i ■ Caltaux’s Australian manager, F. At-( , kins, expects Caltaux to arrive in , Sydney on August 10. Caltaux will i meet Tommy Burns, the Queensland '■ champion, late in September, and the' match against Sloan should be a good “warm up’Lfor him. > '.GREYMOUTH MATCH OFF \ ! The boxing match between Me-' Cann and Southey, which was to take place at Greymouth next Friday, has been cancelled, as Southey’s trainer (would not agree to the fight on that date. i