BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 29 July 1930, Page 3

BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS

TARANAKI TITLES. | TO-NIGHT’S BOUTS AT HAWERA. |

Prepairatorv organ brat ion details for ( lie Taranaki amateur boxing cliaanpioiiss'lj.i'ps, to be ilrelcl in the Ha.wcra Ojxjt.t. House this evening, were linaliis-ed. at a meeting of the committee of the' Hawcra ( Association: last evening. To liiiil' the I new title: 'holders ol’ the> vairionis divisions in eoinptitio'ii, a total of 118 bouts J has' been drawn up. While, .with, such I a lengthy list, a small proportiofii of I defaults may be imavoidaliie, the pro-1 gramme: rdiould be the most generous yet presented! on a. .single night in the history of Taranaki 'boxing. In order to avoid the necessity of bringing the contestants from tihcir homes in various parts of the ipii-ovin.ee on two separate occasions, the committee llias l arranged for the. full programme this evening, and the preliminaries will commence at 6 p.in. The. first of the final bouts isliou.lfl be under way shortly before 8 o’clock, bub the programme wi'il extend for some two and a • half hours beyond that time. . With the pick of Taranaki’s amateurs contesting, not only the provincial I titles, but also. the. prospects of visiting! the New Zealand championships next month, competition will be' keen. Till© •organisation lias been made as perfect, as it is possible to be. and with the minimum cf interval between each. swift action bouts will follow in ranid succession throughout, the evening. Mr R.. W. Rnddiow. of Paten, will officiate as referee and judge. C A NTER iR FRA’ CH A MPIONSHTPS. (By Telegraph—Press Association ) CHRISTCHURCH, July 29. As n result of the Canterbury boxing championships last night the new champions are: Heavyweight, C. Gardner; light heavyweight. E. Poeork; middleweight, R. Giles; welterweight, D. Forward; lightweight, N. Moulin; featherweight, C. G. Winder; bantamweight, AV. I.'avoy ; flyweight, J. Johnston .