BOXING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17843, 26 July 1921, Page 7

BOXING.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The New Zealand amateur boxing ch»m» pionehip tournament will bo heid at Graymouth on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The team to represent Auckland ielt for tho South on Sunday evening, and will arrive at Greymouth to-day. iir. H. Donovan is in charge of the Auckland boxers. . Auckland is represented in eli divisions except the heavy-weight, B. Bafcer, a welterweight, having bean included in tne team ia addition to those already publiHbed. All tho local competitors should do iairly well in their engagements, though they will be at sorno disadvantage in having to travel such a long distance to take part ia the totirnameat. J. Purdy. tho Auckland bantam-—eight champion. _was the recipient last week of & travcuing bag and requisites Irons s rnimber of local losing enthusiast?. Purdy, who ia a lad of 15, gave a remarkably good exhibition at tho Auckland provincial championship tournament- In M. Haiton. featherweight, and" "EL May, light-weight. Auckland has two v/crthy representatives wio have shown improved form in recent engagements. Mr, A. Bobson. of Chrischnrch. has be-on appointed referee for tho Kew Zealand -championship torn came.\t. Tho annual conference of the N>w Zealand Boxing Council will be held kt Greymouth this week. Mr. P. Grec-nhoUgh will represent the Auckland Centra. I motion of which - notice has been given that ia expected to provide much discussion at the conference is the proposal to remove tho headquarters o? tho Boxing Council from Christchurch to Wellington. It is stated that if the boring centre 13 established aft Wellington every centre in tho Dominion will hisve direct representation on the_ council Thi3 certainly wouid be preferable to the existing st3te~of things, but strong opposition to the- proposal is expectedThe proposal that professional borers should be taxed bv 'he Box:ns Council will also be considered by the conference. A mail vote- of the bonus centres wa» recently taken on the proposal, and resulted in a majority favouring the imp«ssu<m of a tax. In the circumstances it in probable the discussion will deal _ chiefly with the manner in which the tax will be levied and tho amount considered reasonable t-o irnixs-s*-An endeavour will r>e made to have the next New Zealand championship boxing carnival allotted to Auckland. It its i-i since the New Zealand amateur boring champion-hips were contested m Au-ktsEd. and cr-.r; side ring that the Northern Being Association is one of the moct prr»srre*>;ive sports bodies in the Dominion the claims o. Anck'snd for next year's fixture are- wej gronnded. . , The South Auckland boxiri* will be contested £t Hamilton on fij In addition to the usual charsp;or.-sri:t et-ents a c-hamT)!nn=hip ccrarytit'.Cß lc-r \h\ cadet* of the WaiVato erea will be hnld invitations have been extended to AurVacd boxer? to take part in the tournament, and several of the local amateurs have sire f ied their intention of accentin? the invitation. J. Kwcaa, the Auckland charnpwi hirntweicht. is now trarnms* for his contest with G'eesrm. the New Routs V7»i»« box-r. will take at the T->wn Hall ?m Awns* 22- It is stated that E»*n3n will mwt 8. S<~>ith in a return reitrb at Whascan-i m O- tober. provided ths latter defeats B- Shaw at Whangarei on August 3. APPEALS DISMISSED. IST T£LEGaAP3.—FTtESS ASSOCIATTO*.] CHRISTCHUBCH, Monday. A meeting oi the New Zealand Boxing Council to consider an appeal by 13 amateurs against suspension Dy the Gisbornft Boxing Association for refusicg to bo* at the association's corr-petition, decided that the appeal bo disniifis«L a3 it lies ia t question cl fact. It w*t farther decided that in the council'* opinion, on the facts, the Gisbarxre Association acted strictly in accordance with tho princinioa -w result*izts thfl cor dues of Use sp^ri.