BOXING

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 October 1927, Page 3

BOXING

A WIN FOR EDDIE PARKER BURNS FLOORED THREE TIMES. A CRUDE CONTEST, Sydney, Oct. 2. At the Newcastle Stadium, Eddie Parker, 12 stone (New Zealand) defeated Frankie Burns, 11.10 J (New castle) on a technical knock-out in the sixteenth rounds. Burns, who was terrifically punished, was on the floor half way through the sixteenth round and his seconds threw in the towel. Although the contest was crude for men ranking as champions, Parker won all the way and had Burns floored three times with terrific rights to the jaw. He was down for eight seconds in the twelfth, then again in the fifteenth, but managed to weather the session, although taking the count to six The end came in the next round, when Parker, after some desulatory sparring, landed a hard right to the jaw and Burns went down in such a bad state that the seconds skied the towel. Boht men were overweight, Parker being eight pounds above the middleweight limit. OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND. HEENEY WILL NOW MEET SHARKEY. New York, Oct. 1. In a fight in New York, Tom Heenev, of New Zealand, knocked out Jim Maloney, Boston heavyweight, in the first round. One minute seventeen seconds after they entered the ring, Maloney dropped flat on his face for the full count after the first few blows, having received a terrific right-hander to the chin, necessitating revival with water and smelling salts. Heeney and Jack Sharkey have been matched to meet in New York on Novembei 18 in a twelve-round bout.—(A. and N.Z.) KRUG OUTPOINTS HARMS. Sydney, Oct. 2. At the Stadium, after a fast and clever contest, Phil Krug defeated Billy Harms on points in fifteen rounds.