MANAWATU BOXING ASSCIATION

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3625, 15 June 1927, Page 10

MANAWATU BOXING ASSCIATION

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. The annual boxing tourney under the auspices of the Manawatu Boxing Association for the purposes of deciding th c Manawatu amateur champions for 1927 was commenced at the A. and P. Showgrounds last evening. Thc entries received were well up 1o the average in point of numbers, and thc bouts provided the large number of patrons with an entertainment full of incident from gong to gong. Mr G. Watchorn was the third man in thc ring and his decisions met with popular approval. Messrs Rande;.] and Phelan had charge of the watches, while, Mr J. Louisson represented the N.Z. Boxing Council. Hr J. C. L. Merton acicd as official an nouncer. Messrs A. Guy and F Potbury were the official seconds. THE FLYWEIGHTS. S. GRAY 7.7 v. M. CANDY* 6.9. With the advantage of nearly a stone in weight .and a longer react. Gray carried the fight early to his opponent, and soon earned ths referee’s displeasure for hitting on his opponent’s hack. Candy was nothing if not game, but ho was unable to hit him, and at th fi cud of the second round thc referee did the only thing possible and stopped the fight, awarding the decision to Gray. R. COUGHLIN 6.6 v. N., POWELL 5.12. Again there was a disparity in the weights, but the fight never looked like being one-sided in spite of that. Powell, giving his opponent weight and reach, was the more aggressive of thc two, and when Coughlin did lead, ducking saved Powell any punishment. Although Powell was landing punches to the head and body which did not have a great deal of sting behind them, the decision in his favour was thc only one possible. THE BANTAMS. G. POWELL 8.21 v. P. HANSEN 8.21 Thc first round opened very even, and blows were interchanged freely, Powell having . any_ advantage there i may have been at the end. Clinching was a feature of the second round, and there was little between them at any part of it. Th e opening of the final round was interesting, both going hard, blow for blow. Powell received a popular decision. FEATHER-WEIGHTS. J; HOLGATE 8.10 v J. HEXPHY 8.13 Thc opening proved to be fairly even, both assuming aggressive tactics, and landing heavy punches to

the body and head. Holgate was ducking and crouching a good deal, and a number of Hcaphy’s leads wore landed in thc air as a consequence. Holgate was thc aggressor for the greater part of the second round, but ■ the gong found him on the ropes ; taking punishment. The third round ■ terminated after about a ' minute; ■ Holgate slopped fighting and th c ret force awarded thc fight to Hcaphy. H. KING S.r.i v. R. IJJNN 8.13. 1 , A KNOCK-OUT. i None of tlio blows which were . freely exchanged at th 0 opening of ! the bout took much effect, and the first round ended with honours even, i The second round saw Lunn forcing j his opponent all round the ring, and ] the climax came early, as following- , up a knock down for five, he sent . his opponent to the boards for the . full count. King was apparently more winded than knocked out. THE LIGHT-WEIGHTS. S. HOGAN 9.Hi v. W. GRAY O.l’O. This bout proved to bo thc most interesting of thc evening. The gong i sent both from .their corners, fighting hard, each landing heavy rights and j lefts to thc head and body. Hogan i was sliglitly more aggressive in the ! second round, his leads having a little . more effect. Hogan again forced the . fight in thc last round, connecting t with hard rights to the jaw, but the , other had made too big a lead in the i opening round to enable Hogan to , win by. other than a “K. 0.” which he did not get. A. CANDY 9.Hi v. S. HAYES 9.11*. : The opening of thc bout was very I tame, and thc advantage was nil on ■ either side. The next rourtd was again without incident ,and hardly ! more than a dozen blows were ex--1 changed. The last round proved to be more lively and Hayes, adopting ! forcing tactics, carried the fight ah ■ round the ring, making his opponent : fight. The decision in Hayes’ favour found general approval. : E. DOWNES 9.12 v. A. HIRTZELL 9.12. Downes led from his corner and soon had a lead on points- whieft ! Hirtzoll endeavoured unsuccessfully to make up in the opening round. . Downes was again aggressive in the ■ second round, and leading with both i gloves did fairly as he liked. Hirtzell : resorted a good deal to clinching in . thc final round, and Downes, doing ■ nil the fighting, got the decision. WELTER WEIGHTS B. O’KEEFE 10.9 v. P. CORLISS .10.7 Honours in the opening round were ; slightly in O’Keefe’s favour, who was doing most of the leading using both ’ gloves to advantage. O’Keefe did all ■ th e leading, in the second round and > had his opponent smothering all the

way. The gong found Corliss haul pressed on the ropes. Corliss went down for seven early in the last round, and a few moments later O’Keefe could have ended it, but good sportsmanship on his part permitted his beaten opponent to stand on his legs for the remainder of the bout. The decision to O’Keefe was the most popular of th e evening.