Amateur Boxing Championships

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 211, 7 September 1936, Page 6

Amateur Boxing Championships

FINALS REACHED IN NEARLY ALL CLASSES I’er Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Tho finals have been reached in all oxcept two classes in the New Zealand amateur boxing championships anti will be contested at the Town HalJ to-morrow night. All the contestants on Saturday night mixed it freely and had the crowd of 500 in a state of continued excitement. Results:—

Light-heavy weight: Semi - final, .7. Thornton (Hamilton) 11.2} beat C. Marsh (Greymouth) 12.0; 0. Farmer (Auckland) 11.7} knocked out P. Nickolle (Ilutt Valley) 12.0. Middle-weight: M. Spring (Pahiatu'a) 11.3 boat T. Lister (Ashburton) 11.(5; D. Boswell (Hutt Valley) 11.3 beat F. Mclvor (Manawatu) 11.51; G. Low (Christchurch) 11.3 beat C. Marshall (Taranaki) 11.1}. Semi-final: Spring beat N. James (Pakitau); Boswell beat Low. Welter-weight: D. Heeney (Gisborne) 10.5 beat G. Downos (Manawatu) 10.11; D. Johnson (Auckland) 10.5 beat J. Cadwallader (Wairarapa) 10.1}; W. G. Parris (Wellington) 10.2 beat S. Jenkin (Oamaru) 10.4}. Semi-final: J. Reedy (Southland) 10.3 beat Johnson; Parris beat Heeney. Light-weight: D. Eddington (Timaru) 9.7 beat D. Mclnnes (Napier) 9.7; N. Jenkin (Oamaru) 9.01 knocked out W. Evans (Moiueka) 9.7}; R. Baker (Southland) 9.4} beat R. Nixon (Aucklanl) 9.4} on a technical knockout. Feather-weight: W. Ilawcs (Greymouth 8.12} beat J. Lambert (Southlanl) 8.13; J. O’Connor (Christchurch) S.ll knocked out J. Colli;.s (Manawatu) 8.11}; P. Kelly (Auckland) B.ll} beat G. Thomas (Taranaki) 8.11. Semifinal: G. Marshall (Wellington) 5.12 beat Hawes. Bantam-weight: J. Parker (Wellington) 8.3} beat C. Raynor (Marlborough) 5.2. Semi-final: B. McKay (Napier) 8.5} beat W. Shaskcy (Gisborne) S.3}. Flyweight: D. Maddern (Taranaki) 7.12} beat H. Allott (Auckland) 7.7}.