BOXING

Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1929, Page 5

BOXING

SHARKEY BEATS LOUGHRAN. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). NEW YORK, Sept. 26. The Sharkey-Loughran fight resulted in a win for Sharkey. In the first round they sparred in mid-ring. They were trying each other out with jabs to the face. Jack hooked both hands to the head. Then Lough ran sent in a stiff uppercut. The round was even. In the second round tliev sparred at long range. Their blows were light, and they clinched repeatedly. It was Sharkey’s round. In the third round Sharkey swung a left to the head. Then Sharkey dropped Loughran with a right to the jaw, winning on a technical The final knock-out blow was delivered 27 seconds after the beginning the third round, and it came unexpectedly. The wariness of the men. throughout the opening rounds of the contest and their tendency to box at a distance. had promised a drawn out contest. The sharp and decisive manner in which Sharkev disposed of his opponent demonstrated that. Loughran has no place among the heavyweights of to-day. Smashing through Loughran’s feeble guard at the opening of the third, Sharkey sent his opponent to the floor. Then Tommy staggered to his feet, but he did not know where he was, a,nd reeled on the ropes to a neutral corner. Sharkey was ready to deliver a finishing punch, but it was not accessary as the referee stepped between them and declared Sharkey the winner. Loughran was carried into his corner, and he was then ready to continue the contest, but the fight was over. In the words of one competent observer, “it was one of those fights where the boxing skill of one of the contenders (Loughran) counted for nothing against the sudden aggressiveness and superior power of,.- his opponent.” GAGNON V. MALONEY. NEW YORK, Sept. 26. Gagnon won, on a foul, from Maloney, in the seventh round of a ten rounds bout, as a post final to the big match. BOXER’S DEATH. (Received this dav at, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 27. The flyweight champion Johnny Hill died suddenly. He was training for a fight next month.