BOXING IN SYDNEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 11

BOXING IN SYDNEY.

WELTER-WEIGHT TITLE

HANCOCK DEFEATS PURDY

(Received July 13, 1.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 12

In the Leichhardt Stadium this evening, in a bout for the welter championship of Australia, Wally Hancock, lOst. 3ilb., the holder, knocked out Charlie Purdy (Now Zealand). lOst. 51.1b., the challenger, in the twelfth round. It was an exciting, and in some respects a sensational encounter, with Hancock always dangerous. Purdy began cautiously. Hancock was confident, but Purdy warmed up to his task in the third round, and although he took a lot of punishment he himself gave a good deal in return. Hancock used his left freely, and wildly, often connecting to Purdy's chin and nose. In the fifth round the New Zealander was groggy, and similarly in the eighth round.

Purdy, however, managed to recover, and sent in some telling blows to his opponent's face and body. Hancock, in tho tenth round, continued to attack, but found Purdy, who crouched low, most elusive. Both tho men's faces were cut badly. Purdy was obviously tired when he was sent down in tlie twelfth round.