AMATEUR BOXING

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 June 1927, Page 4

AMATEUR BOXING

MANAWATU ASSOCIATION’S TRY-OUTS. SOME GOOD BOUTS. Before a fair attendance of spectators in No. 6 Hall at the Showgrounds last night, the Manawatu Boxing Association decided the initial bouts in connection with its annual try-outs. Twenty competitors participated, and some fair exhibitions of the fistic art were given, with quite a number of the encounters of a very willing nature. Mr G. Watchorn filled his usual role of referee, while Mr J. L. C. Merton acted as announcer. The time-keepers were Messrs W. Randell and P. A. Phelan, while Mr J. Louisson watched proceedings on behalf of the Council of the New Zealand Boxing Association. . During the evening Silvino Jamito, the well-known Filipino boxer, was introduced to the audience and received a good reception. Proceedings opened with an amusing if not scientific no-decision encounter between the Street Brothers, two paperweights, who stood up to each other and slogged away in good style. THE FLYWEIGHTS. S. Gray (7.7) and M. Candy (6.9) opened the flyweight section. The first round saw the former, who, besides his extra poundage, had an advantage in height and reach, have matters practically all his. own way, and in the second his opponent failed to land a blow. The third was not contested, the referee awarding the decision to Gray at the conclusion of the second. The next to take the ring were R. Coughlin (6.'6) and N. Powell (5.12), two evenly matched youngsters as. regards height and reach. Powell was more the aggressor in the first two rounds and had his opponent on the ropes several times, but many of his blows were wildly delivered. Coughlin made a better showing in the third, but lacked the aggressiveness of his lighter opponent. The decision in Powell’s favour was well received.

A COMFORTABLE WIN. In the only encounter in the bantamweight section G. Powell met P. Hansen. Both weighed in at 8.2£ and were in other ways evenly matched. Powell, like his younger brother, proved of the aggressive type and did the major portion of the leading, winning comfortably, although not by a big margin. FEATHERWEIGHT BOUTS. An interesting bout was the featherweight contest between J. Hoigate (8.10) and J. Heaphy (8.13). The former, revealing a very good defence, took the honours of the first round, repeatedly causing his opponent to miss or to land harmless blows. The second round saw him do more leading and in the third, when ahead on points, was unable to continue owing to a blow which, from the effect it had, was apparently low. The referee, not seeing anything to warrant a win on a foul, gave the decision to Heaphy. H. King (8.oi) and R. Lunn (8.13), the second pair in the featherweight section, opened well, and, with neither conceding the other much ground, a good round eventuated. The second was a repetition of the first, but towards tho end Lunn, with a right to the jaw, sent his opponent to tho mat to take the count of five. Getting up, King stopped another right and went down to take the full count. THREE GOOD BOUTS.

Against S. J. Hogan in the first bout of the lightweight section was W. Gray (9.10). The first round was even, both boxers showed a very fair knowledge of the game. The second saw some heavy blows landed, mostly to the head, with Gray having slightly the better of the exchanges. Both tired considerably in the last round, and Gray managed to get homo by a small margin. A. Candy (9.111) and S. Hayes (9.111) were the next lightweights to appear. The latter, although at a disadvantage as regards height and reach, proved the more aggressive and carried the fight to his opponent, winning a popular decision. E. Downes and A. Hirtzell, both 9.12, provided the final fight in the lightweight division. Little of event happened in the first round, both proving rather sluggish. Downes brightened up in the second and took the honours. The third also went his way and with it the decision. WELTER SECTION. In the last fight of tho evening B. O’Keefe (10.9) and P. Corless (10.7) met in the welter section. “Honours even” summed up tho first round, but the next saw O’Keefe gain a considerable lead. The last opened at a clinking pace, and, with a minute gone, Corless stopped a good left from O’Keefe and went to the mat for seven. Tho round ended well in O’Keefe’s favour, and the decision to him mot with general approval. The try-outs will be continued this evening in the same hall.