LECKIE LUCKY TO GET DECISION OVER RADFORD

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6668, 23 July 1928, Page 7

LECKIE LUCKY TO GET DECISION OVER RADFORD

HTEKLINO BOUT AT DUNEDIN. Per . Press Association, ’ . DUNEDIN, Last Night: Boxing in the drill hall last night before an attendance of nearly 4000 Johnny Leckie (8.125) was given the decision over Norman Eadford (8.12 J) nt the- end” of a flfteen-iound bout. , The : decision was given a mixed reception and it was certainly ons of the hardest and closest contests that Lcckio has had since .ho entered the ■; professional ranks.- But ,the balance -j tipped in his favour in the last round, in: which die came with a great burst ami scoxed heavily. Leckie was the cleverer of the two at long .range fighting, but the Eng-, Ush boy scored well at in-flghting. \; The best blow of the' night was landed by Eadford in the twelfth rpond when he connected with a beautiful upper cut with the right which'sent Leckie’s head back and-put Him off his balance. Eadford followed up the advantage and was scoring Well on the ropes when the bell went. It was not altogether what might bo termed a spectacular light and the referee was over-indulgent in the matter of holding.