THE BIG FIGHT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3106, 27 December 1921, Page 7

THE BIG FIGHT.

DWYER DEFEATS LES MURRAY. SCIENCE WINS BAT'ILE. 'fhe boxing carnival In Id in Palmerston North I.:-: evening under ihe auspices of ihe Manawatu Boxing Association proved a verv papular attraction with palrons ol the I'iMie .■■;■!. a huge attendance, including many •. : slling race-goers, comfortably fill in;- ' the Op.ra House. The taking. l a.tuounted lo £421, 'llie public were rewarded with a good evening - entertain tnent in the snap 1 of live amateur preliminaries and a profes-ion iigbl-weighl coi.lest lor a purs ■ of ijlOO and expenses, betwi c i I hlghio Dwyer, of Napier, and Formerly of Aie.iralia, and Lcs Murray, ol Dtinedi'n, New Zealand light-weight champion, i Iwyer gained ihe decision in lb : thiileelllh round when llie rel'c.ce (Ml Mick SI -van. of Wellington) stopped ihe light there were Iwo more rounds to go- - and de< I d him the winner, an annoencc.iiieut wiiich was received entirely without ditseni. CIIAI.LKNGE TO WINNER. Prior io the big' coulesl Carl I 'allowav, who claims the welter weighl eb.inipionship o| New Zedand. challenged the winner. Dwyer had Km Baxti r. Paul Hannah, and Sid Tonioana a- seconds, while in Murray's i-.-ruer were Sid Ban lav. .lack llcenan and the llavill Bros. Rough and tough, wiih a considerable capacity for |)uuishment, anil a penchatu for ducking, Murray before long found him self md willed mid outclassed. Dwwr. whose weight was given as 0.12. had ihe advantage on his opponent bv 3All>s. and he had ihe additional advantages of lieighl and reach. There was a marked dilfercnecbet ween ihe styles of Ihe two men. Dwyer, tic taller mail, stood up io all his work, and fought with consiininiale ease, whih Murray alluded a pronouncerl crouch and at limes altenipled lo bine ihe issue with injudicious ncerness. Dwyer's was ;i ineri lorious victory. lie imparled more skill info Ids j;;i lies, bid il was noticeable thai al lime he did not make the lliosl nF hiadvantage in this connection. Murray, a game, battling lighter, early developed ;: ftilal weakness in the shape of an inefl'ec live guard, mo.-ily ducking and e< adiug in preference to stopping Dwyer's blows ol his glows. TilE POINDS DESCRIBED. I Iwyer led al ihe outset, following whi< I; liter" '.'.as ;i biief period of sparring, mm ibeu Murray stormed hi- way in a dashing ,- iiad,. which availed him bill lit I 10. I'n the whole, however, neither man was in dined lo mix il in the lir.-i round, though Murray scored with a left and rigid lo Face, and 1 Iwyer shoi over a light straight left. Dwyi'i wns wary, but Fairly conli dent, evidently holding oil' until he I eeann closer acquainted with the Dunedin hid • methods. 'I in- second round was somewhat lame. and ii was noticeable thai Murray's duel; in": was causing Dwyer lo miss, bul Loth gol i;i an upper i ill apiece - I bvy- r's was vcrv p"eii\ work- and a slraighl leli. j Murray started out lo force the pace slightly m llie lhi:d round, gc-ltmg in , lelbng left and a rig 111 lo Dwyer's In ov , j ,-ome nice lefts and rights lo fa d body I Varln ; ihe end of the round the Aus i tralian gol wise lo his opponent's style ; however, nnl began lo slicei -sl'ully coin ' with I'"- ducking iiiciie-. I lie result was thai In- -co-ed villi sharp lefts lo the fan :ml one or two lo ihe body. Twice in llu dying stages he Fori ,-d Murray to the ropew iih r.'.mmiu ; blows. In l!:e i.exl round Murray scored will a hft to the jaw and lo ihe body, am ' Dwyer after missing with a hefly loil hook got in a couple of rigid.-. 'I he Mistraliai seemi d io l.;e holding his cud up comfort j ably, and ilie crowd \ci; cd applause whei j he landed IWo inocleralely hard : iglil ii|)per ciii-. Murray retaliated wiih a left t< I ihe jaw. i After Ho- Dwyer varied his pr. tiy lehio the lace with a telling right cro-s. am ! Murray in turn scored w ith rights lo tin 1b,,,!,.

'< Tin l sixth round was s*.mih*wlum marred b\ miss on ilk> piri of hotli i onle-lanl"-, hni I )\v\t'i' ii.'irit'''.ell himself w iili Iwo I. Its :iml i'i:'.'hl>— one a vicious blow. Mm ray's right-li-li i.;li! ;i-r-:ii.!i- invariably ended in dim he?. So l;ir it was I Iwyer'.- light, bul in ihe eighth round Li- opponent, although ;:|i ac.'iiM a cleverer man than himsi 11. shows d dial lie was [iv no means he.iten vol. ili delivered ii spiriied attack, .-end i in,!,' I.twyc.r scurrying around ihe ring, i:nd I I:ii11!111 an ; ppreciablo series of .-tingim: j li-fl.i and rich:-. Before lonir Murray tired and Ihvy.-r's -m mlio'mh' ladies were von disconcerting. Dwyer ground again soniowhai in llic ninth round, Murray'.' left a- iVi'll as i ighi limine: his jaw. Lutei both tnell OXi hanged blows of hide roll.-;' mienee, and iu ibo tenth llioy got in miuic i ll'cetive work, Murray by dim of right -left right blow; quick a.ud hard and Dwyer with some straight lefts and a couple oi Murray took heavy pimishmi'iil in the i next round, and in llic twi'lftli Dwyer (jot in ii sharp left, to which Murray replied with a !eh and a right anil then a right ! cross lo I lie jaw. This was his lasl real ' ellort. Ihe round liuished i\ ith Murray visibly knocked ithoiii. Ii \--i- in iln- imrteonlh thai Ihu inevitable happened, Dwyer cornering Murray and raining in a storm of deadly blows in the lace, jaw and body. Just when trie crowd betran in -onse a knock-out the referee gave his decision. It was a clean, willing light, bill Dwyer wis 100 scientific for ihe Dunodin man, which fact robbed the contest of a certain amount of interest. Till', AMATKUR BOUTS. The amateur bonis were not ol the lieM, and some of the refo.rwe's decisions mei with n mixed reception. In the feather weight conlesl (lintnn (8.9), of Manawatii, doiealed 'loinoaua (9.2), ol [fastings. The visilor losl through not making the best of the advantages he created. The middle weight light went lo (.'yril Knight (10.13), ol I'VikliiiK, Ihe Manaw'alti champion, who defeated litll Strange- (10.12), "I I'alnierston North. I'here was very little in pick between Ihe contestants, hid the winner showed perhaps more science lhan his opponent, whose straight lefts were nevertheless quite telling at nines. Among the welter-weights. Quirke (9.13). of Wanganui, beat Corbetl (10.10). of Wellington. The winner, despite, his dis advantage in weight, proved himself a plucky boxer of .-'.ane promise. Two champions laced each other in the light-weight conlesl, Den O'Keofo (9.10), ol Manawatii, battling with I l '. Stuv'rock (10), of Ilawke's Bay. The light was an interesting one with many good rallies, but ihe referee's decision iu favour of Ihe Maniiwatu lad mel with a mixed reception. 'I wo clever paper weights, both ol Manawalu, Jim K\aiiH (6.7) and Baden L'owell (7), fought three iwo ■minute round-, both standing up in their work iu goo<l blyle. 11 was bright boxing, and L'owell got the decision.