BOXING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 August 1928, Page 5

BOXING

NEW ZEALANDER, MORGAN WINS AMSTERDAM, 11th August. In the Olympic welterweights Morgan (New Zealand) the Empire's sole remaining boxing representative, beat Landini (Argentina) on points in the final. Although unable to punch his hardest owing to fear of breaking his already badly damaged left hand, Morgan triumphantly won the championship. The result was never in doubt after an even first round. Even the Argentinians vvhole-hearteclly applauded the referee's decision. Morgan deserves the fullest credit, not only for his better boxing generalship,

but also for his unusual courage in-com-'' : sj ing through, four hard fights with a dis- ~ located knuckle oh his punching hand % which, became so bad in the last two r> days that the whole ami- was affectecb- % He actually fought a winning fight, des- |- pile his inability to straighten out his Z arm:--. ' i ~ Morgan is going to hospital.on rival at London to-morrow, but -there—never has. been a morejclieerful patient. The New Zealander has done even better than he himself je:roectea. «, 'Morgan gradually wore out;his opponent and increased .his. 1 advantage in the last round, "Landini vainly endeavoured to counter; his long-range hitting by covering up-his face'/;,-; Landini showed himself: a hard hitter, gruelling Morgan with lefts to 'th#body, but the latter's extended rights foiled many punches. ''?•.' ; An excellent, fast fight ended -iw Morgan still piling xip points. ,'::.'., The' verdict was the only one possible, Landini throwing his arms round the New Zealander's. neck even before the official' decision. Morgan in the-dressing room, said:-' "I feared all the time that my ; hand':was going to let me down. I felt it give at the first blow, and after that I carefully di<l not hit too hard in Qase I hurt my? self more than Landini."' Hermanek, Czecho-Slovakian middleweight, eliminated Fred Mallin, Britain's last boxing representative. .'; -