BOXING CONFERENCE

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11662, 29 October 1923, Page 7

BOXING CONFERENCE

AT WELLINGTON TO-DAY DELEGATES TO DISCTSS MANY IMPORTANT SUBJECTS. RULES OF THE SPOUT. Delegates from all parts, of the Dominion will assemble at Wellington today for the purpose of holding a conference to consider the various rules governing the sport. Of late the relations between a number of the branches and the New Zealand Boxing Council have been somewhat strained; and the attitude of Wellington and Napier at the southern Dominion Amateur Championship* has been questioned in certain quarters. The attitude taken up by tho New Zealand Boxing Council in regard to the local president (Mr R. W. MeVilly) lias been under diVcris-sion lor some considerable time in sporting circles; and it is hoped that something will be done to straighten out the tangle that has unfortunately arisen in this connection. A DELEGATE’S OPINION “THINGS ARE SOMEWHAT MIXED.” One of the delegates, speaking to a “Times” reporter yesterday, said lit considered that the conference whicli commences to-day was one of the rncsv important ever held in New Zealand. “We are a mixed body in my opinion,” he said, “and if any genuine effort cans be made so that we may at least see eye to eye with one another in all matters pertaining to the control of boxing ill the Dominion, in accomplishing that alone we will hare done valuable work. lam not going into the provisions and conditions of the series of disputes which have arisen between tho governing body and some of the affiliated associations, except to say that it is most unfortunate; but perhaps to-day the sun may begin to shine for what has long been a very cloudy Eky. To some people the attitude adopted by Wellington and Napier may have appeared peculiar, and there are some in New Zealand who are prepared to justify the rather extreme action taken by the New Zealand Boxing Council. On the other hand, Mr McVilly could possibly present his side cf the ease, and this would doubtless remove some of the misapprehensions and misunderstandings which undoubtedly exist. 00-OPERATION WANTED. "Tho rules of boxing certainly want bringing into line,” he continued. “There must, certainly, 'be more cooperation between the affiliated bodies; and I think tli-at if we set about it in a proper spirit to-morrow’s conference m Wellington iyiH prove a step ping-stone to progress and prosperity presented to the parent body and ail those connected with it. Combination and co-operation are what we must have. Individual effort must inevitably lead to schism, which will in turn undermine the solid foundation upon which boxing should stand in this country.”