BOXING

Grey River Argus, 7 October 1941, Page 4

BOXING

PROPOSED MATCH FOR it HOGGARTH. 1- In pursuance of its policy of endeavouring to stage a boxing bout - at Greymouth on Labour Saturday, a the West Coast Boxing and Wrestling it Acociation is endeavouring to match .. Tot Hcggarth (Brunner) w.th Jeff >f Thomas, of Taranaki,. Thomas is a e former amateur featherweight chamr pion of New Zealand and since his e transfer to the professional Hanks s he has been undefeated, his latest - victory being over Billy Brown, of t ■ Wellington, who recently defeated - I Hoggarth. The Association realise e | Hoggarth’s possibilities as a coming ’ new Zealand champion and are anxi- ’ ous to secure as many bouts as pos--2 sible for him. In the event of Thomas ’ beng unable to fight another suitable opponent will be sought. ■ BOXING IN EGYPT ; In a letter to a Grevmouth friend Alf Pratt, Second N.Z.E.F., ths wellknown trainer of boxers and cyclists on the West Coast, stated that he was training Harry Lister, the former Greymouth boxer for a big bout in Cairo. Lister 1 was in great form and ■ is still thought to be the best midcilewe’ght in the N.Z. forces