BOXING

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 14 September 1925, Page 3

BOXING

PR.DFEBSiONAL CONTEST, (BV '7BLBGHAPU. —PKESS ASSOCIATION.) BLICNHKIiiI, Sep. 13. . A .scheduled fifteen rouim pibiessional light between Diickio y,erode (8.1«»iJ, ot; • avijaifliborjoingih,. and Derry Ulincbn (8.11), of Jbuiiiieil-yon No-i'ch, ended somewhat se-nsatLoiially in the ninth round. From the first gong ithe battle w'ais hard and strenuous, the local mail having in shade the better ol the .exchanges. . In the »siixth round Veiqoe had Clinton nearly gone on the rope-s twice, and the. gong was a welcome sound (to the Palmerston lad. Clinton made a, good recovery and mixed things well in the seventh and eighth.-rounds. ,in the ninth -both men were figliting .fast, and just as the gong sounded Veix-oe fell isquirining. It did not appear as though Clinton Irau hit low With. his .hands.; 'but apparently had come into play inadvertently. r lhe referee pronounced the fight qver, and after a «o life,re nee with three’ doctors; who examined \(erooc, gave , ihei decisiojn against Clinton on a foul. \ercoe waw leading on- points at thd tiipe. lii the preliminaries', the-defeat ol the YA'ellingtoii -centre oliaiiipidii, Wi». SatlicMey, by si local amateur, Les. Hewi.t----,4(5h, caused koine surprise. Hewiteon won all tlho way. J ACK HEE&M DEFEATED. GISBORNE,. Sep. 13. A professional contest. between Dick Elinour (Prance) and JTack Heeney (Gisborne) went the full distance. The bout 1 stoked excitement and tv as distinguished for much'in-fighting. The referee, Harold Baker (manager of the New South AVialbW team),, -awarded, the victory to Elmo nr, the decision being greeted with cheers and a counter demonstration. The Poverty Bay and hast toast amateur championships .were also contested, resulting as follow :, Feather, j Tlr.ribitt; light, G. Fiitznmurioe ; welter. W. Rlolbert.son ; middle, J. Wright. A fititv-giiiiiea, chqilengfe memorial cup for the most sieienhifib boxer was awarded to Tu-rib it,t . A. BRIEF BOUT. fjv CABI.K -I‘RKSS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. SIDNEY, Sep. 13. At the Stadium, Ighiaioio Fernando?, knocked putt Boiblby Gray (in tho first minute ol' a, twenty rounds’ contest. Several seconds elapsed . before Gray wa,s .able to leave the ring. LIGHT HEAA YWEIOHT TITLE, NEW YORK, Sep. 11. Beii-eiilbac-h retained/the light ( Heavy - weight title to-day - when in the eleventh rolin'd- he >secured a technical knock-out over Slattery.