LIVELY BOXING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22234, 8 October 1935, Page 12

LIVELY BOXING

PROFESSIONAL MATCH ROBERTSON DEFEATS CANDY DECISION GAINED ON POINTS A very bright professional boxing contest was staged at the Town Hall last evening when Watty Robertson, of Gisborne, and Mark Candy, of Wanganui, two welter-weights, met under the control of the Auckland Boxing Association. Robertson was awarded the decision on points at tho end of tho scheduled twelve rounds, but Candy was much the cleverer boxer and appeared to bo unfortunate in not gaining the verdict. Duo no doubt to the fact that both contestants were strangers to the Auckland public, thero was a disappointing attendance, but the standard of the match was worthy of much hotter patronage. Judging by their displays last evening, cither Robertson or Candy would prove a good future.draw against any opponent tho Auckland Association thought worthy of putting against him. Candy weighed lOst. 51b. and Robertson 21b. heavier. The Gisborne man had a slight advantage in height, but both men wero in first-class condition. The boitt was very lively from beginning to end. Candy was much tho cleverer and more elusive of the pair and he appeared to hold an advantage throughout a majority of the rounds. Robertson hit cleanly when he did land his punches, but this was much less frequent than on the occasions when the Wanganui man scored. Good Amateur Bouts The amateur preliminaries were productive of excellent matches. Mr. N. C. McLean was referee for these contests, Messrs. R. W. Rugg and A. B. Joplin being judges. Mr. It. Meale refereed the professional bout, for which Messrs. G. Bush and F. Burns were judges. During the interval Mr. R. W. Rugg, president of the Auckland Boxing Association, presented the trophies won by competitors at the recent Auckland provincial championships. Challenges to the winner of the Robertson-Candy bout were received from "Ginger" Wade, of Nelson, and Fred Fraei, of Auckland. The professionals lost no time in sparring and there was plenty of action in the opening round with little between the contestants. Hard fighting at close quarters characterised the early stages of tho second round. Candy made free use of a stinging left rip to the body, his „quick footwork paving the way for openings of this nature. Candy was the more aggressive in the third round, although Robertson countered freely with a solid body attack, particularly with his right to the ribs. Candy's sustained two-handed attack gave him a decided advantage throughout the fourth round. The Gisborne man placed a nice left hook to the jaw at the opening of the fifth round and ho followed this up with a succession of hard rights to the ribs. Another clever left to the face by Robertson caused his opponent to clinch. Robertson Confident Candy's straight left leads were not strong enough to keep his opponent off and the Wanganui man became rather wild with his right swings. Robertson was now fighting strongly and confidently, landing freely to the body with double-handed swings. A hard right to the head rattled Candy, who, however, rushed his man to the ropes with right and left hooks. Candy landed a couple of stinging right uppercuts to the heart early in the eighth round, but he was unable to find the opening he was seeking with his left. Further solid body punching was exchanged at the ninth gong, but neither was able to find the opening fot the punch which might hat'e ended the contest. Robertson assumed the ag- J gressive in tho tenth round. Ho scored with a hard right and left to the head, but found an opponent very willing to mix it with him. Infighting characterised the eleventh round, during which Robertson's right cheekbone commenced to bleed. The pair were still exchanging body blows as freely as at the commencement of the bout. Robertson took a powerful right to the ribs as ho came out for the final round and he held his ground well against a solid attack. Amateur Preliminaries Fly-weight.—G. Gordon, 7st. 131b., beat J. Hetherington, 7st. 131b., on points. Thero were some willing twoliandcd exchanges in the first round. Hetherington employing a straight left to advantage. The pair mixed it freely throughout the next three rounds, Gordon scoring well with hard right body punches. Gordon secured a popular decision. Welter-weight.—D. Johnson, lOst. 61b., beat E. Estall, lOst. 521b., on points. Johnson landed some hard right crosses to the head early, but Estall was fighting back gamely at the end of a willing first round. Estall caught his opponent's head with a heavy right early in the second round and received a strong double-handed barrage in exchange. Further lively exchanges roused tho crowd throughout the third round. Johnson kept 011 top of his opponent" in tho last round and gained an easy decision 011 points. Middle-weight.—R. Cormack; list. 71b., beat L. Dombroski, list. 51b., on points. It was a scrambling, unscientific bout in which both swung wildly, more particularly Dombroski. Light-heavy-weight.—M.McHugh, 12st 71b., beat A. Ellis, 12st. 21b., on points. McHugh was much the straighter and cleaner hitter and he continually beat his opponent to the punch. Ellis' head was knocked bsck repeatedly in the third round with straight lefts, but ho opened up a cut on McJlugh's right eyebrow. McHugh had tho better of tlie final round and won by a comffrtablo margin. CONTEST IN THE SOUTH RAYNER DEFEATS JARVIS • [BT TELEGRAPH—FRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Monday By tho strength and persistence of his attack Clarrie Rayner (Marlborough) beat Jack Jarvis (Taranaki) on points in a professional light-weight boxing contest staged by the Wellington Boxing Association to-night.