BOXING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 242, 26 September 1922, Page 2

BOXING.

CARPENTIER’S DEFEAT. TOOK THE FIGHT TOO EASILY. Paris, September 24. The finish of the fight was one of the strangest scenes ever witnessed in a boxing arena. Carpentier, bruised and bleeding, lay a helpless, shattered idol and was hooted for the first time in his life by a Parisian crowd. The great mass of the spectators acclaimed Siki. Then they heard the stentorphone declare that Siki was disqualified, and with one voica shouted disapproval and also hooted Carpentier as he was being lifted from the ring. Then came the news of the judges’ reversed decision. Until he found himself Siki often presented a. pitiful appearance, standing with his hands covering his face as if waiting for the knock-out blow. His efforts at this stage to reach Carpentier were wild and feeble. In the third round Siki went down for seven and immediately afterwards floored Carpentier for four, in the fifth round Carpentier was so punished that he fell helpless to th© ropes. Siki helped him to rise. Carpentier then turned and hit the black fiercely in the face the crowd hooting at the unsportsmanlike incident. Descamps, peering pathetically at his charge, appealed to Carpentier, who was, however, dazed and deaf to all appeals. Siki showed no signs of distress. The victory carries with it the world’s light heavy-weight championship. Carpentier is generally blamed for taking the fight too easily.—(A. and N.Z.)