BOXING.

NZ Truth, Issue 94, 6 April 1907, Page 3

BOXING.

"Pink^y*" writes from Ohristchurch : "What's, the matter with .' Upper-Cut, ' anyway? His re-appeararice, after a temporary retirement, brought forth a childish Bqueal beaause the Canterbury Boxing Association has dared— -actually dared— -to get ahead of his beloved Wellington Ass. by arranging a real dinkuxn go to settle once for all who is really the light-weight professional champion of N.Z. According to ' UUpper Cut'r r Cut ' the Wellington Ass.' might be taken for the chief tribunal as regards Maoriland punching pastime, with the JT.Z. Boxing Council away behind somewhere, and the other provincial asses, figuring only as 'also, ran's.' Who the devil cares whether, the Wellington Ass. sees 'eye to^ eye ' with Canterbury over the pro. ohsm- ] pionship programme. to be decided m May ? Their troubles! Canterbury has a good thing on, and knows it', and its banking account 'will probably be looking rosier than ever after the show is over. ' U.G. is J articulating from under his collar when he ■ays 'Where does Hock Keys come in?' The sparkling Hock doesn't come m this act at all. For why? Tracy never possessed the light-Weight pro. championship of N.Z., so Keys couldn't dispossess him of what he hadn't got, if he'd pounded hira into small bits. Granting ' Upper-Cut to be right on that point {which he isn't), Keys was beaten m Yankeeland, so he cannot possibly be champion of anywhere now, according to ' Upper-Cuts own ruling. Because if Keys can sail into ai ' foreign ' land and annex a championship, J another foreigner can wrest it from him. This is logical enough, sure, and' it would, seem that, still according to ' Upper-Cut,' present, light-weight champion of N.Z. is a Yank. Such cronk contention opens up a hazy vision bf thc champion of Maoriland some day turaicg out to be a German, or a Dago, which is against all reason, let alone Preferential Tariff. Just as ah afterthought, 'Upper-Cut might note, for future reference, that there are thousands of other readers of ' Truth's ' sporting columns besides inhabitants of 'wet and windy,' and not turn on too full a blast of the ever-recurring Wellington Boxing Ass. week after week."

Professor Sam Kingsley who starts his; Boxing School on Bth April m rooms over Green and Davis, Lambton Quay is a 95t... 41b. png, with a distinguished London reputation. At St. Brides : Boxing Club -rooms he won ah amateur contest beating five competitors. He also secured the medal of St. John's Boxing Club m the open competition, beating three competitors. Secured the silver cup of tho Green Dragon Boxing Club, disposing of four- contestants. Won the £4 4s. trophy at Clark's -Boxing Club, outing throe ambitious performers. The foregoing fights were of the amateur character. As a professional he knocked out Harry Stirling of London on points. Defeated Tom Pippihgton of London on the fifth round. -Forced Bill Hook- to quit m ten two minute rounds, conceeding ten pounds weight. Fought a ten round draw with Billy- Gordon of Baltimore; .Defeated Ben Cooper of London m twelve two minute .rounds. Put Ted Rawson of ' Manchester out m three rounds. Beat Major Stringer of Leeds m ten rounds. Knocked Teddy Paul of Hull' out m two and half rounds. Defeated Charley Kingston of Leeds on points. T nt _ sc are a few of Professor Kingsley's performances, but they serve to show that he is capable of conducting a first class, school. Sam is a decent young fellow and is not likely to encourage roughness nor permit- any undesirable element to interfere with the success of his venture. He willl have-all the latest London notions to assist his pupils, and he is emphatic m his intention to keep his class select and to foster. scientific. boxing apart from bullocktng and roughness.