BOXING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18169, 15 August 1922, Page 5

BOXING.

WHITAKER BEATS POOLEY. [BY TELEGRAPH. --MESS ASSOCIATION.] NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday - r> wsj*¥" rcm s!? % ht „. on Saturday night, V-,f W A h itt r b th x B ' w «HinKtou beavy-weifht i 'rL Alb fi?h< ?°°lS?l °l Auckland, on points i wiu i S l ■' nttract cd a record liouse. Whitaker stripped at 12.2. Poploy 12.1, and : tney were perfectly .matched as regards height. Whitaker was the more scientific; and won on points after an interesting 15 rounds. Ame rounds were in Whitaker's favour. Ho used his left to great advantage. Fooley gave . a splendid exhibition, but was not po good in attack or .defence as his opponent Two rounds were m his favour, and four even. After the fight had gone half-way, it was apparent that Pooley's only chance was a knock-out. Time after time he. essayed to land a right uppercut, but Whitaker always succeeded in cleverlycovering. FLYNN DEFEATS CANN. [by. telegraph.—own correspondent.] DARGAVILLE. Monday. A 15-round bout between Mike Flynn,. of Auckland, and Charlie Cann, of Wangamu, for a purse of £100 was tho chief attraction at the Northern Wairoa tournament on .Saturday. A large audience waa delighted with the performance of both lads, who , fought the whole way, giving the best e:thij bition ever seen in Dargaville. Cann had : much the best of the first five rounds, after which Flynn got in some heavy body blows which made his opponent more careful. Flynn continued aggressive tactics from the sixth round up till the twelfth, and piled up a number of points- The last two roundo were fairly even, and the verdict for Flynn met with a very mixed reception. The refere«, Gnat Williams, was undoubtedly I correct, as the Aucklander. after the first few rounds, had much the best of it, especi- i i ally in the close fighting. | The beat amateur bout was that between Trowern (Whangarei) and McCarthy (Auckland), six rounds. The last-mentioned was much heavier and older than' his opponent and was given the verdict after a not altogether brilliant display. Trowern-in particular fighting; much below form. NOTES AND COMMENTS. T*»e heavy-weight professional match at .New Plymouth on Saturday between A Pooley, of Auckland and Whitaker, the southern boxer, resulted in a wm inr cXa mP i e nshl p a h I Sr a aßPlraat ** M. Flynn. of Auckland, and Cann. of Wanganui, met m a 15-round hlltl*™ . weight contest at Dargavilfe 0 "™ SatodayT Flynn waa awarded the verdict on Doint« Evidently the winner haa "MS a? fc h r d wS ttffrArtjra S y of> not CoSSfeal t & baDtaai - We & The Dominion amateur boxing team will assemble at Wellington on September M and will leave for Hobart. via Sydney on September 12 Mr. H. Wovan wffl' S company the team as trainer, and Mr J Keenan has been appointed assistant trainer. j- T? e ?? an », tlae . Auckland lieht-weurht SSfl F* ? emßk y. °f Queensland, have Teen mashed to meet at Auckland in a :is%oumj bout on August 28. A great con W should be provided by th»-pair. Both are fast and vigorous boxers who have excellent Der'onnanoes to their .credit. Some idea of DemsliVa form is conveyed by the" fact, that Gleeson recently outpoinjtud the Queensland man a narrow margin. When Keenan and Gleeson met m Aucki land a year ago the former scored a win on points. The. Auckland boxer *how<£ &+S fo vs m s*? fll ? s * ?v Hannah recently ;££;,-J?V has t u sai P ed the. conditio* that SKS?** u- th ' ou «fa »o many, engagements prior to his temporary retirement last Octorjer. A numfcwr of amateur conteaia will "be staged prior to tho professional event. C. Blackburn and Haggie, who mail in the final of the provincial light-weight I championship, when the latter got tb« 4 1 *" I 2F 10 ?? „ wlll **&* their battle over »?*"»• J, M. HatVjii and E, Otway have *I*> '■■•*** I, matched. _ . ■. V