BOXING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 March 1928, Page 5

BOXING.

PURDY WINS ON POINTS. N. Z. AND AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. HY CABLE- PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIOH'I SYDNEY, March 11. _ At the stadium last night Charlie Purdy (New Zealand, 9.81] outpointed Bluey Jones (Australia, 9.63) >» a fifteen rounds contest lor the lightweight championship of New Zealand and Australia. Jones attacked aggressively over the early rounds, scoring rights to the body. " The New Zealander, boxing cleanly, attacked with both hands to the head and body and secured a majority of points until the tenth round, when he appeared to tire. Jones forced the fighting, winning the next few rounds by slight margins of points. Purdy’s eye was badly gashed as the result of a collision of their heads in tlie fourteenth round, giving Jones the advantage in the concluding round, but the New Zealander had a sufficient margin in his favour to win the title comfortably. The Guardian says that Purdy is the finest boxer Australia has seen, displaying his ability to fight with eagerness, which is making him a big draw with the crowd! He is remarkably clever boxer and amazingly tough. A GRUELLING CONTEST. M \ #•*.» ■ «uu»H »•» f.’SB *'riO* WELLINGTON, March 11 The Dunedin re-broadcast of 2BL Sydney, of the Purdy-Jones fight on Saturday night was clearly heard in Wellington. Purdy was awarded the decision on points after a gruelling contest which went the full fifteen rounds.

Early in fhe encounter Purdy scored a terrific punch on Jone’,? nose, which continued to bleed profusely throughout the contest. Jones showed himself a skilled, forceful fighter and although Purdy showed skill in ducking and footwork and adopted a crouching style, Jones scored some hard punches to Purdy’s solar plexus. GI.LLISPIEI defeated bat? BE 1 ? MELBOURNE, March 11. At the Stadium here yesterday, Norman Gillespie defeated Tommy Barber by a knock-out in the tenth of a fifteen rounds contest for the featherweight championship of Australia and New Zealand. Gillespie led throughout and had no difficulty in finishing his opponent.