BOXING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 2 June 1924, Page 5

BOXING

oarpen'iter-Gibbons eight (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Auetralian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK. May 30. Carpentier and Gibbons both express entire satisfaction and confidence as to the outcome of the bout on Saturday afternoon. Carpentier declares lie will knock into “what you call a cockct batall stories that his career is ended. jt am,” ho savs, “in superb condition. Gibbons said : “I intend to make this an aggressive bout. I consider C.aipentier one of the best boxers I have oyer met, I feel that the athletic honour of America rests on my shoulders. The bout promises to attract from 30,000 to 40,000 spectators, and the gate receipts are estimated to total between 200,000 and .300,000 dollars. Carpentier expects to weigh about 1751 bs. and Gibbons 1771b5. Froncois Deschamps denies the report that Caroentier's bands are in a bad state. He says his bands are perfect. The boxers spent a ciuiet day, only doing light exercise to' keep thhir muscles loosened.

GIBBONS WINS NEW YORK May 31. Gibbons won, his fight with tnrpentier. t DETAILS OF THE CONTEST {• NEW YORK, May 31. \ At Michigan City Carpentier and , Gibbons were greeted wdth uproaiuous t applause by an immense crowd. Car- t pentier’s. weight was announced, at 174; lbs and’ Gibbons’s at 177 lbs. A telegram from Dempsey challenging the winner was read. ? In the first round Carpentier shot heavy rights to the head, drove to the body in a clinch, swung his right to the chin. The men were boxing cautiously. Gibbons left-hooked to the ■ chin, Carpentier backing away. Gibbens drove both fists to the body. Carpentier landed a hard right to the head. Gibbons left-booked to the chin and chased Carpentier around In round two Gibbons feinted and forced Carpentier to retreat. Carpentier missed with the left. Gibbons pounded his body in clinches. Gibbons drdve Carpentier into the corner. Carpentier smashed a left to the face' and received two left hooks to the chin. He danced away from Gibbons’s rights and lefts. In round three Gibbons missed with the left, and Carpentier landed flush on the jaw with the right. Gibbons sent the right to the 'chin and Carpentier ran into the corner. Gibbons, pursuing, lauded a left. Carpentier left-booked to the stomach. In round four the fighters cvlmclied. Carpentier backed away, but suddenly lashed 'ogt to the chin. Gibbons backed Carpentier into the corner and punished him on the head and body. • Carpentier dropped his left to the face j. nd received two lefts to the chin in 1 return. Carpentier landed a left to the chin, Gibbons dodging a right swing. Gibbons landed two lefts to the jaw. . Carpentier missed a right to the jaw. In round five Carpentier began retreating. Gibbons hooked a left to the head. Carpentier caught Gibbons with two rights to the head. Gibbons drove Carpentier into the corner. In' the sixth round Gibbons landed two rights to the head and a right to the ribs. The fighters exchanged body blows in clinches. In the seventh round Gibbons rocked Carpentier’s head with two left uppercuts and whipped over his right to the head, forcing his opponent to hang on. Gibbons drove Carpentier ir.rto the corner with a right to the ■body. Gibbons landed three rights to the head, making Carpentier groggy. Carpentier was hanging on at the bell. In round eight the men clinched, Carpentier hanging on and punchirfg the body. Gibbons sent a left to the head and drove two lefts to the body and' a right to the stomach, and another to the stomach as he backed away. Carpentier hooked a savage right to the head. In round nine Georges sent over a light left . Gibbons clinched and they er changed rights to the body. Carpentier sent two rights to the face, and then fell to the floor, indicating that he had hurt his ankle. Carpentier limped around Gibbons, who drove two rights to the body. They clinched and Gibbons landed five rights to the (body, Carpentier hanging on. Carpentier was groggy, but lashed out two rights, which missed Gibbons. Gibbons drove the right to the chin. Carpentier limped to his corner, the crowd jeering. The men shook hands in the tenth round. ■ Carpentier retreated to the ropbs and was noticeably limping. Gibbons hooked a left to the cliin, ‘and cut Carpentier over the eye. Carpentier hacked and Gibbons punched him with rights and lefts to the head. Carpentier missed a right and left to the body. Carpentier was bleeding and fait tiring. He fell into a clincTf. Just before the end of the bout Gibbons was trying to shake Carpentier off for a finishing punch. Gibbons, though disappointed at his failure to score a knock-out, expressed satisfaction at the easo with which - he defeated Carpentier, and asserted tliat if the Frenchman had fought like W battled against Dempsey, Gibbons would have been the victor within five rounds Ho believed he had convinced the public that he was entitled to another crack at Dempsey. Carpentier said Gibbons was the best boxer he had ever faced. He hit terrifically, anc] he now realised how he had managed to stay fifteen rounds with Dempsey. Carpentier said that if his ankle had not been injured lie ■ could possibly have scored a knockout. He declared he had determined to box Gibbons at long range, seeking an “opportunity for a decisive righthand blow. SYDNEY, .Tune 1. At the Stadium, after a hard fought twenty rounds, Butler defeated Smisnons on points. ; MELBOURNE, June 1. Grime easily defeated iSpnrgo on points in 20 rounds.