BOXING

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10392, 9 May 1927, Page 6

BOXING

TOKOMARU BAY JOURNEY. COAST BOYS GREATLY IMPROVED. BUCKINGHAM. WINS NARR.OWtj v' GYER FITZMAVRIGE. On account -6‘i the rain, Hie attend-:,nc-e at the boxing tourney at Tokoi.iaru Bay oil I'X‘iuay night vvas. not quite m large a.s in c! been anticipat<lq. ') he hexing, on the whole, was inter; sting and at times was inurJc<■4 !»•/ vigorous applause. It is noteworthv Unit there was a considerable improvement in the displays given by Coast lads. Mr porter, the president, made a Brief opening speeen and the officials ...-•e as usual a will placed. The opening bout was.between Patrerson, Gisborne, 9.4, and Prior, Ruai.oria,. 9.d. Very even was the first round. Patterson .was tin: more aggressive, but when Frier hit lie bit 7erv cleanly. 'Frier, too, did hotter cm ' the defensive, in the second 'ii i-id, Frier did most of the hitting, {'iitU rxon being inclined to hit wild)v. The third round revealed some pretty left-hand lotting by Frier, .lb i; as with his left that Frier won amidst great applause. A pair of bantams, Fitzgerald, Tina tor la. 8s L 21 bs. and Jim McKay, Gisborne, 7st UJlb. Fitzgerald, from th ■ start, used his left very dnergotir•..|iv hut McKay continued to worry him' and after the pair would break uway ho would invariably land. ATcKnv gave an improve:! showing in t!ie ed round, lighting well for the ~, 1 , i.;it he had no defence lor Fit;: j raid's left. The final serss.on ~vas Pisi.ei, but Fitzgerald’s lelt C-,,nglit him victory. The loser, too, ! n uai m send-off on aeeounl of Ins nine display. Three two-in inn to rounds were toughf bv T. J. Smith (’rokomaru Bav) list till and Nikora (Gisborne) ID, si, |()|b. 'llie first round was willing, Nikora hitting, more cleanly. In I J,',;’ second session Nikora tamed down and Smith got in some fait’ i,lows. The third round fomi+l Smith doing more scoring than bis oppunt nl. The winner was Smith. Two evenly matched Natives, Pokai Tokenism Bay) 9r,t i‘2lb. and Pare Kell a i (Gisborne) IflsL lib, next, apin the ring. Kohai commenc'd rm y brightly. lint as the round oregressed Pokai went in with both inuids. Pokai led well at times in the «c(.,,iui session. Kohai, liowwer. boxed Ihe batter in the later stages ol • ih• r.iuml. Tim third round, was even ami an extra round was ordered. The H-i'ene gave the result: as a draw. .In!,n McKay (Gisborne) Sst .121 b 'nid ior his opponent 'Godlrey, of ’le \, n, n.g Set lib. The latter had the advantage of greater lemTh oi reach.

Vi i,.:a:ii MeKiiv was full of vim and, in the first round. Godfrey was eoti-;,.-T i , M ini out an occasional hard hit, fn the second round Melyav ■iws’clv fought for the body, which made Godfrey over-careful. McKay, (lie third round, indulged m a awies of rushes which, however, did not prove very cfleefivc. I'or Hie fin.,l round, the* referee demanded mnr</ vigorous boxing and the pair did much 1.-el,ter. McKay got the verdict.

The star item was a six-round hour, between Buckingham, To Knraka, |!)sl ||l... and Fitziiuumiee lOst Sib.. Buckingham did not warm uj> to lus v.-ork as quickly as IGlzm.-mrieo and. Trior ■ tic- elosr ol tar initial mind, *!n IV |;;i 1 hr, .1 me ill t. re t i.ag 111i:i wlii'h I‘ii c.ma iP'ice had • iiorc I iii laid his oa u. 1 lie roll lid

was Kitmimurue'.s. Buek.iigham w.uil in much more vigorou.-Jv u tin' .second round and. (hough j'itzmanrj<v i. soonin'd .splendidly, he limited r.iliua milled when the gong went. It was Uuekmgliam’s round. The third iomul saw some clean, long hits by !■ itzmaurice, Iml mere was more sting in lbukingliam’s punches and aril a. r had the advantage in the in.'ighiiiig. 11 was an even round. Both !a,(s (ought well at the opening of the ■fotrf'i round and. Timmdt Uuek-.ng-b:iin was Hie more rugged. 11'.'.manure hold Ins nun. Again the honors were even. In the tilth round. Fitztnaiii'iee showed good judgment in the mamier in which he handled Buckingham's onslaughts ami in the in-fighl-ti'>; had (he better of the deal. ft was Fitxmruricr’s round. Tim limit round saw Bitokinghain at his host, and Fitzmaurwe did not resnoiul as willingly its before, nor did he score as I roquoiitly. The award went to Buckingham by a narrow margin. Two evenly matched ‘‘middles,’' M airhead, <rt Buatoriii. K)st 1 Lib., anil Kiipu, of Gisborne. 10m I.llb. then occupied the ring. Mmbhead was very slow in ihe lir.-t round and 'ioMtld havedone much better. Kapu. *ii: «her on his IVnt, scored more Ireety. fe the second round both droppi ! aU pretence at: del'cnee. and. standing toe to toe, Sought for the oo'. Mu'rltc.id especially. Ir looked as though two novices wore trying ■a< It oilier out at leading with the 'eft. The final round saw Muirhond wear fits opponent down considerably and. he got the award. Wiib imteli interest the battle bet'veen Hamilton (Tokoinnru Be'! JOst db and Simpson (Opotiki) 9st B|h was watched. Hamilton was under a disadvantage in that lie had been on the sick list. Simpson was at the start mere energetic and as Hamilton is also a hard bitter there were no beg pardons, the Bay lad retaliating: fiercely. Next round again saw Simpson doing more of the leading. A tea lure of the round was a counter rally by Hamilton who. however, was ''truck heavily below the chin towards the close of the session. The third round was also fairly torrid, inn Hamilton did not shape so well ami just; at its close lie accepted a hard right to the jaw which caused him to sag on to the second rope, the gong sounding a.s he rose. Simpson was the winner. A good hard fight was produced by Bad Wahanui (ToiTomaru Bay) lOst end Livingstone (Gisborne) 10st 71b. biiugstone. wlio had the advantage ns to reach, opened out aggressively, v uk Wahan.ii responded in characteristic manner, using both hands effee- *».<;>• at times. The second round was on the tame side, both bitting I'hict. Livingstone did well v’.th bis left at the opening of the third round l> ut lie did not take ku.diy to \Vahanui's wasp-like retaliatory mea- ‘ tires. The final round saw W wi.tnni score the more Irequently. The decision went to "Wahnnni nr.d was, apparently. very popular. The final bout was the most comical seen in the Bay for 'erne time, thi' fun—-although both were most set k.-us—being supplied by T. S. .'smith 11.1, Tokomaru Bay, and Karupi, 10. G. Toko.mavu Bay. Smith danced about on his toes whilst Karupi went through a variety of evolutions, which kept; the crowd heartily amused. In the first round Ivampi was the more active, but Smith managed to corner him every now and again. The comedy grew stronger in Hie second round and there were cries of “Charleston” from the. happy crowd. Smith was now gaining the ascendancy and ho went on to win at the end of the third round rather easily. The Stonehnm Cun for the most improved boxer on the Coast was awarded to Frier amidst great applause. The various awards were then presented by the president. Air F. E. Porter, and subsequently Art Carpenter. on behalf of the club, presented the referee. Mr J. A. Mack ay, of Gisborne, with a hpndsomo gold fountain r- >*-, in recognition of his services to Hv' club during the season. Members of the Association showed t’-m'r sympathy with the Gisborne Pastimes Club, which is providing 4 • : dmr rooms for the Poverty Bay boxers-in a, practical manner, by .purchasing membership' cards. .-