BOXING MATCH

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10687, 6 September 1920, Page 8

BOXING MATCH

H. UREN v. “DIGGER” EVANS. There seems little doubt but what the enterprise of the Boxing Association in arranging for a visit from such a well-known exponent as “Digger” Evans will bo rewarded with a large audience at the Town Hall on Monday next. Already numerous inquiries have been ’ received for seats, and hia training work has been watched each afternoon with more than usual interest. On Friday afternoon the commit-tee-of the association, with numerous friends, were onlookers. They were treated to an-exhibition- quite a lot more vigorous and serious than is usually associated with training work. The visitor boxed tho tjvo woil-known Australian lightweights, Tracy and Rutherford, and, despite their weight and reach, gave a wonderful exhibition of speed, and agility. Like Uren, ho is a right-handed fighter, although this was not particularly noticeable because of his fast two-handed work. There is little doubt that he is as fast, if not faster, then the brilliant Godfrey and Eliott of soma years ago. In tho ‘‘opposition camp,” Urea has been showing improved form; "thanks to The able tuition of his more famous brother, and with , his advantage in' weight and reach will fully extend, if not lower, the colours of the “Digger.” ■ The box plan opens this .morning. Lady, patrons are asked to" note that a limited number of free tickets will be' available on application. , Patrons, from Petpne, Hutt, or Eastbourne will note that the tournament is timed .to start at 7.45, so that they should have little difficulty in seeing the whole of the performance and catching their tram or boat. TOMMY BURNS’ COSTLY MISTAKE. £6OOO INSTEAD OF £13,000. Before the Burns-Beokett contest a London writer said: Tho ■ man who stood up to Johnson for 14 rounds ’is game enough for anything, and, incidentally, I may mention a fact which only shows that a shrewd man like Burns could make mistakes in firing up a match. He got £6OOO for that fight -with Johnson in Sydney,, but Hugh Mclntosh, the promoter, offered him - half the gate instead of ■a. fixedsum.' “No,” said Burns, “give me .66000, and you take the risk.” McIntosh assured Burns that he would be the loser, but the boxer stuck to the £6OOO, and when the “gate” 'was counted up it came to £26,0001, Burns admits that there was a bit of feeling between him and Johnson at that time, but a few years later, when the negro met Jeffries at Reno, he gave a splendid interview, full of good copy, to’his' old opponent who ' wan acting oa a newspaper correspondent.