BOXING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 182, 4 July 1931, Page 16 (Supplement)

BOXING

HEAVY-WEIGHT CONTEST. COOK OUTPOINTS O’MALLEY. Thrills ' can usually be expected ([when heavy-weight boxers clash, but the match between George Cook and Jack O’Malley in Auckland on Monday ‘evening was a very ordinary affair. It was the first heavy-weight contest ; (staged by the Northern Boxing Association for about five years, and it , Was unfortunate that it did not come Cp to expectations. The first six llrounds were drab in the extreme, although over the second half of the Journey there were a few interesting rallies. At the end of fifteen tlireeiminute rounds Cook was rightly adjudged the winner on points (says the (Star).

The clash had been eagerly awaited, t and although the hall was. nowhere ! like packed the house was a good one. 'Cook is the veteran. Australian bnttler, who, amongst other things, lias beaten 'Tom Heeney. and O’Malley is a New | Zealander who had to go across to [(Australia to blossom out as a fighter. 'On the other side of the Tasman the 1 men met twice', and O’Malley bagged i the decision on points on each occa(Eion. The manner in which the New 1 Zealander got his win in thei p second (fight was sensational, and Cook expressed himself as determied to wipe off the score. All this being so. it was .reasonable to nnticinate the fight with iB lick of the lips. But once again exj.pectation proved sweeter than reI'alisation, and the general opinion was that the fight was a poor one. Prohiahlv the fact that each man is now ‘well acm uainted with th° other’s stvle Was chieflv responsible for the falling «way in the standard. COOK’S ADVANTAGE. Cook, who was half a head shorter than his opponent. app°ared at first to be waiting for the chance to put his opponent down for the full count, hut later he went after the New Zealander and hammered awav with both hands. Manv of the exchanges were made at close quarters, and in these Cook’s greater experience al'owed him Ito take the honours. O’Mnllev’s best ‘Scoring weapon was his lone left, and |on the few occasions that he boxed 'the Australian at a distance he did 'well. Had lie been able to make a long range fight of it lie would probablv have got the decision. I n the matter of weight O’Malley _ (12.41), who looked a hnv in comparison with the much travelled Australian, was at a disadvantage. Cook turning the beam at 13st 9Jlb.

Prior to the start of the match. ; which was for a purse of £2OO and expenses. Jim Broadfoot, the Auckland professional light heavy-weight, land Glen Leslie, the Auckland lightweight, were introduced from the , ring. It was announced that Broddl foot could make the middle-weight limit, and was anxious to fight for the vacant New Zealand title, and that Leslie was keen to meet Harrv Johns for the lightweight championship. Tommy McTnnes, the Scottish middleweight, announced later in the evening that he was willing to meet Broadfoot, and a message was received from Johns saying that he was prepared to defend his title. A telegram was also received from Alan Campbell, the New Zealand heavyweight champion, challenging the winner of the match between Cook and O’Malley. MORGAN’S SUCCESS. k 'A recent cable states that Ted Morjjgan, the New Zealand welter-weight, . (outpointed A 1 Nelson over ten rounds iat Los Angeles. Morgan’s left was in evidence throughout the tangle. With this hand he laced Nelson incessantly to face and body. The New Zealand’"ier’s win was popular with the crowd. [After the fight a medical examination revealed that Morgan’s hand was badly damaged. He was placed under a doc--1 jtor, and if the injured hand can be satisfactorily patched up he will comjnence training.