BOXING

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12076, 2 March 1925, Page 4

BOXING

ROLL .v. BAXTER. NEAT MONDAY.

■ - Not ;' many: fifiloWers -of hogihgt throughout the Dominion hot what is conversant with the record- of 'Jimmy Hill.' On feeveral occasione the loial' .laspaciatnm tried tp induce him to come ’across, but; Hill is a' business man as well as -a boxer; and his'business could nbf then be neglected. To • those •closely identified -with -the, sport , the eiueition naturally preOente itself as to whether Hill- - who - ismow thirty years; 'of age,can reproduce anything like his best fottu. The associations represeptatfve in Australia, who had been closely Watching Hill iTT\ action, in recommend- : teg, him for matched in-the Domipibn expressed the opinion held in Australia that Hit lwas iust.aa fast' and clever ;as. •of eld, aqd the’ large mfinher of tin—thussiasta who have Been watching' his work during the Week speak -in high ■terms Of his wonderful speed and ’ cleverness. His opponent, Baxter, ■ has continued 'with’ his run of supcestes, hie Jafest victi mbeing ttha weight ohampion, McDonald, who Was quite finable to • cope with the; -fdst punishing tactics, of : bis much lighter opponent. These. is little doubt bub what at- the; present time Baxter ' suffers little if any. by comparison with any loading lightweight in Australia. .‘The _officials of the association report inquiries for’ Seats from all quarters, indicating that a record attendance is probable on Monday, March 9th, apd for "(hat reason intending patrons Will be well advised to book early. The plan opens this 'imodning. FILIPINO rN SYDNEY < SHANNON KNOCKED OUT. By Assn.—Copyright (Received March 1.-5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. March 1. At the, stsdium, a Filipino, Leon, knocked oqt Sid Shannon in the thirteenth r. ound. The loser fofeht gamely against- a. much stronger, and clever boxer, TOM HEENEY MATCHES rir SOUTH ATRICA. Australian ted N.Z. Cable Association. _ IX>NDON, February 27. The New Zealander, Tom. Heeney, sailed for South Africa to-day oti a' two months’ ehgagement. . The “Daily Chronicle” points opt Heeney seems to he the only njan whom English heavyweights are most anxious to avoid'/'