GIBBONS DEFEATED

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 170, 5 July 1923, Page 5

GIBBONS DEFEATED

Fifteen Rounds Fought

CHAMPION WORSTED IN SCIENCE. CROWD ENRAGED FY FOUL TACTICS. (By Cable.—Preva AaßociMtion —Couyright.l . (Received 5, 12.20 p.m.) New York, July 4. Dempsey defeated (ribbons on the referee’s decision. The fight lasted fifteen rounds, Dempsey’s weight was 188 pounds and Gibbons’s 175 J. In round 1 Dempsey led viciously, landing heavy body blows and drew jblood from Gibbons’s mouth with a left hook. Gibbons retreated and landed twice on Dempsey’s jaw, but the champion knocked the challenger about easily. In round 2 Gibbons landed a hard right to the body and then opened Dempsey’s eye. Dempsey jarred his opponent by a left to the jaw. In round 3 Gibbons protested against Dempsey mauling him jfi clinches. Dempsey pounded his body savagely. Both exchanged head blows. ’in round 4 Gibbons landed a right uppercut. In-fighting followed. Gibbons boxing well and th© champion having trouble in hitting him. In round 5 Gibbons drove Dempsev back, knocking him to the ropes with two lefts to the jaw. Dempsey kept clinching, but Gibbons again drove him back.

In round 6 Dempsey knocked Gibbons between the ropes as he came out of a clinch. Gibbons protesting. Dempsey gave him severe punishment at close quarters, which he continually sought. In round 7 the crowd was angry as Dempsey held and hit, then twice hit Gibbons below the belt without the referee protesting. In round 8 Gibbons rocked Dempsey with two lefts to the jaw. Dempsey hit low and the crowd resented it. The round ended with an exchange of head blows. THE CHAMPION OUT-BOXED. Round 9 was mostly a series of clinches. Gibbons was distinctly outboxing the champion and standing body punishment well. He also landed several hard blows to the jaw. Ln round IQ Gibbons improved in the clinches nnd also neatly dodged Dempsey’s uppercuts aud straight hits. In round 11 Dempsey was outmanoeuvred again and struck below the belt. The crowd was furious. Gibbons retaliated with two hard blows to the jaw anj dodged Dempsey’s counter. Round 12 was marked by savage inlighting, Dempsey roughing it all over tho ring and striking low. In round 13 Gibbons out-guessed Dempsey dodging terrific uppercuts. The challenger was boxing beautifully and forced Dempsey to miss repeatedly. In round 14 Dempsey was tiring and missed continually at long range and sought to get close. Gibbons’s generalship was far superior. In round 15 Gibbons, was strictly on the defensive, Dempsey desperately trying for a knockout and landed on the right jaw. badly shaking Gibbons, but th© boll sounded. A DISCREET REFEREE. Tlie referee’s decision was in Dempsey’s favour. The wildest excitement followed the fight. The referee rushed out of the stadium immediately he announced his decision. —(A. and N.Z.)