VISITING BOXERS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21548, 30 October 1944, Page 4

VISITING BOXERS

WELLINGTON AMATEURS Recent displays by amateur boxers in Oishorhe inVve (liven every reason to believe (bat there is sufficient talent here to nut the .port thoroughly on it", feet, ntnl tlie Gisborne Box ini: Association has shown comrn. ntlai.le enteriVrise l.'v arraTfißii'VK for a v.sit from a team .of Wellington amateurs to try eooelusi.v.s with the local lal.nl. Five - Wellington-lads will make the trip to Gisborne to take part in bouts to be slatted on the second show, night, November 0, Four ..f tli-’-m It'AVe been definitely nulteheJ, with especial interest attaching to the sixrnmiiT bout' hetween N. Woods. Wellington linhtwetirlit champion,, and T. Baty. tusliorne lightweight. Both hoys are hard hitters. and though Woods has the greater cxnerien't'e in the liny, he should find Baty a tohe.li handful. , , . Next in interest is the four-round limit hetween .1. McKenna. Wellih'lflOu welter, and Rerni.- Thomson. Gisborne's best in that class. Thomson has been. Koiitß extremely well in training, nnd should, give a (rood account of himself against the visitor. T. Ahern, Wellington, will be matched with r.ill Le Frou, Gisborne; and T. Anderson. 7.11. will have as his opponent 1,. Davis a promising Gisoorne boy with a good punch. 3- Wono. the fifth member of the Wellington team, has not yet been found a match, hut it is epecteil that a selection will he made in »he next day or two.