BOXING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 7

BOXING.

MURRAY V. HANSEN.

The professional boxing contest which wil'f take place on Friday evening between L. Murray, light-weight champion of New Zealand, and F. Hanson, of Auckland, for a purse of £150, should provide a fast and exciting bout. On his first appearance in Auckland in his recent bout with W. Scroggings, of Australia, Murray showed himself to be a clever and attractive boxer. In Hansen, the ex-amateur welter-weight champion of New Zealand and Australia. Mutray will find himself opposed to a much faster and cleverer opponent than he had in Scroggings. The contest is being promoted by the Northern Boxing Association in conjunction with the Summer Carnival Committee. ■ , ~ , . C. Blackburn, the clever Auckland lightweight boxer, who went to Australia anu entered the' professional ranks some months ago, is meeting with marked suooess in tb Commonwealth. He met with his first reverse recently in Brisbane, when Volaire receivod a points decision against him in a 20-round bout. Subsequently the pair met again at Rockhampton, the bout being declared a draw. The Auckland boxer, ii a letter to the Herald boxing writer, states that in his last bout he received a. severe cut over the eye as a result of a bun; ; from Volaire' s head and was unable to *' with the injured eye for the rest of the bout. He accepted the decision philosophically, but considers he should have won. .tie was carried shoulder high from the ring by enthusiastic supporters after ti contest. His next bout will be with Gleeson or Holmes in Sydney. P. Dignan, the young Auckland boxer who recently went to Australia, won his first contest in that country against a promising boxer in J. Nolan, of Queensland. Commenting on Dignan's form, C. Blackburn, who was instrumental in arranging the contest, says that Dignan h«»s shown marked improvement since reaching Australia. He completely nonplussed Nolan with a telling straight left' and splendid footwork and is likely to make a _ name for himself in the . feather-weight division.