BOXING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21279, 5 September 1932, Page 12

BOXING

CONTEST TO-MORROW NIGHT,. Archie Hughes the best performed lishj* weight in New Zealand, and 'J ed Oxley. sensational newcomer to professional rans, will Se tho big attraction at the or L l4 ' Boxing Association's carnival at the io Hall to-morrow evening. Hughes, 4 because he alwnvs gives the spec' ~"* _v "plenty for their jr.oney. will perhaps be-V | favourite, but he has not an easy tftfiK front of hint by any mean*. Ox ley's . defeat of Johns, when everyone ihousht champion would, win, showed that he K how to face formidable opt:on withi wavering, and his repeated knoceaoe found the chamnion very lucky to e -, J defeat by the knock-cut route. v AuckUna«» „ know Johns as a clever, -tricky nphter, elusiveness makes even 'he mostl 6 . boxers hit the air. and" can appreciate to the full Oxley s T 1 ; t j£§ over him. Hughes has won ana lost -jg Johns, so tha« he will nave to be awoke when he meets Oxl'ey. Tue box finishing their training to-aay and from the training, earn; s state t,: *t f bot • are in excellent condition, borne nioncoinpetitors seen in the recent 5 « n noori»@ ship tournament will meet on the 8 ins programme..