BOXING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23384, 28 June 1939, Page 19

BOXING

AMATEUR TOURNEY CONTESTS AT PONSONBY LIVELY BOUTS WITNESSED Tho first of a sorios of all-amateur programmes under the control of tho Auckland Boxing Association was staged before a. crowded house at the LejS Institute, Ponsotihy, last evening. Keen and lively contests were witnessed i» the majority of the bouts, sonic of the decisions meeting with the disappro\aJ °' One of tho closest and ["^T'two bouts of the. evening was that I ctwc'.n t, welter-weight fighters, 11. Caltaux an (l J Brown, won by the former on points.. (,nil no started briskly and it appeared as iMio win on a knock-out but Brown ral.icd toward the end of the second and tho tln» rounds and was unlucky not .to Viivislon decision. In the light-heavy-weight dnwW, Slmrpo and Sharpies were well matcM". Sharpo gaining the verdict , J / 1 " *™ r,ng several times with powerful right, for A special trophy was awarded MlC.artli> his excellent boxing against. Mr ntos in paper-weight contest, the first of the cvciiinTill) officials were:-—Heferce, Mr J. * ; Sloan; judges, Messrs A t!. •loP lll ', '- !u (i n r ; announcer, Mr. W. F.. Dorvan; timckicpw. Mr. K. Maud; call stewards. Messrs. \\. • Harper, li. Duane. It. Parrcll. K Hor"*. linn, surgeon. Dr. .1. Mucky. Mr. Lean, president of Hie Auckland Boxiiifc, cialion, was also present. Following were the results:-Paper-weight .—Mcintosh, list .lb, brat no Cart by, list .*>ll'. on points. . . Flv-weight. McCammi.->h. .st tolb, ne Morion, Tst lib, on points. , Feather-weight.—Sereombc, test Olb, nc. Murphy. Bst nib. on points. .. Light-weight.— Simpson, ost alb. bent Jia> hard, list ."lb. by a technical knockou in the first round; Underwood, list 'Jlli. i" •' j Watson, list till), oil points. ! Catch-weight.— A. Hogg. lOsl lib. beat. Black. !'sl !!lb. on points. ' ~ Weiter-weiprlit.—A. Mcllugh. lOst, beat K. ; Brown, lust .".lb, on points; Wallace, lOst »io. j beat Donnelly, Hist alb. by a technical knock- . out in the second round: 11. Caltaux, lOst ■'lo. i beat T. Broun. lOst 'Jib. on points; Hudson, lOst 51b. bra I Barfoot. I Ost Gib, on points i Light-heavy-weight.— Sharpe, list Olb, beat . Sharpies, list lib. on points. , . C;i Icli-weight.—Tat el I. lOst I lib, beat Allen, list :»lb. Allen was disqualified in the j third round for holding. J