BOXING CONTEST.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 115, 11 April 1930, Page 13

BOXING CONTEST.

PAUL DEFEATS MORGAN. DECISION ON POINTS. Tlie professional welter-weight contest for a purse of £l5O "held at the Auckland Town Hall on Monday night under the control of the Northern Boxing Association, between Jack 1 aul (Dunedin), lOst 221 b., and Ted Morgan (Wellington), ex-amateur champion of the world, lOst. 41b., resulted in a decisive win on points for Paul (cays Hie Herald). The decision of the referee,Mr R. Meale, for Paul met with general approval. There was only a fair attndance. ... The going was slow, Paul taking stock of his opponent and Morgan endeavouring to find an opening for his left, in which he carried a hard punch. Morgan, however, so palpably tel&r. grapned his left punches that after the second round Paul always had hie right glove there to meet the attack. From then on until the finish Paul kept a weather eye on that left and prevented the Wellington man from connecting to any great advantage. INACCURATE ON FEET. Paul’s left swing, so much in evidence in his training, was not brought to the fore as much as was expected and he relied mostly on his right to body and head. Paul was inaccurate on his feet for the first few rounds, and had Morgan taken advantage of this, he would have made a better showing. A clever two-handed boxer should always make the going difficult for Morgan, who appears to rely solely on his hard left swing. His use of the right could be developed to advantage. Throughout the fight clinching was much indulged in by both fighters and there was a small percentage of clean hitting. The first was a slow round. Paul slipped to the floor twice and took a rest to the count of nine. Paul was showing little against Morgan, who landed some good lefts to body and head. . It was Morgan’s round. The second was a sparring match, Morgan being slightly the better off at the end of the round. Paul began to take note of the Wellington man s left in tho third after Morgan had 6ent him to the boards from a hard left to the head. Paul was not distressed, but stayed for the count of nine. On rising he sent a hard right to the body. At the fourth bell Morgan feinted with his right and sent in hard left to body. Paul replied with a right swing to the body. Fighting in the clinches, Paul showed to advantage. From an even mix up Morgan had his man in a nasty position on the ropes where he placed a hard left to the body. Paul came out of the tight corner, blocking well and returning punches. It was Paul’s first round. r .fAnnixTio T WL'rn DT

MORGAN’S LEFT BLOCKED. From now on until the end, Paul always had his right glove there to meet any attempt on Morgan’s part to land his left. - Commencing the fifth round Paul ■ placed a nice right to the body, Morgan returning with a left. Paul landed two more good punches to the body. Morgan was fighting hard on the ropes at the bell. Morgan rushed matters from the bell at the sixth, but Paul met him all the way. It was an even round. The seventh Paul took by blocking Morgan’s efforts and returning. From there to the tenth Paul took the honours, although little real fighting was indulged in. The Dunedin man started the tenth with more Confidence than he had so far shown, and, landing to body an dhead, scored well. " Paul scored points all the way to the final bell. In the thirteenth both were inconvenienced by cuts over their right eyes, which bled freely. The fourteenth was a great round for Paul. A hard right to the point sent Morgan down for four. Then a hard right to the body doubled Morgan on the ropes, but he instinctively covered ahd prevented Paul sending in the decisive blow. The bell saved Morgan. Paul rushed in for the last round, and landed left and right to the body. Morgan went down, but gamely came up and weathered the round. The decision for Paul met with general approval. ■