AUSTRALIAN BOXING.

NZ Truth, Issue 743, 13 September 1919, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN BOXING.

Vince Blackburn v. Salvino Jamito.

' (By Special Cable).

SYDNEY, Monday. There was an attendance of over 10,000 ring-siders at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night last, and the greatest enthusiasm was displayed during the course of the 20 rounds contest between Vince Blackburn (Australia), and Salvino Jamito (Manila). ■The contest was of the fiercest possible character, the pace throughout being terrific. Blackburn, who is Australia's champion bantam-weight, weighed Bst 91b, his' opponent, Jamito, being 9st 41b. Blackburn never fought better, and truly excelled himself. He fought against odds, his left never being out of Jamito's face. The yellow boy (Jamito) is game, and as fast as fire, and the great crowd was worked up, and cheered the visitor throughout the contest. The decision at the end' of the 20th round went, to Blackburn, who had a. two to one margin of points m h-is favor. Jamito bled freely from the nose and mouth after the sixth round, but always came back for more, and was at all times dangerous with his terrible swings. Though at times he was knocked almost silly, 'his recoveries were phenomenal.

Denny Murphy is on the sick list at present, and consequently has not been able to get down to serious training m readiness for the proposed bout with Jack Heeney. Melbourne papers lately boomed a lad whose ring name is Kid Cave, and doped him the coming flyweight champion. George Mendies, Sydney's real champion, went over, and the other night stopped Cave m a very onesided five rounds. ' G. Richardson, who is down at Greymouth, where this (Saturday) evening she meets Bill Bartlett, throws down the gauntlet to Jack Heeney. Richardson, apparently, can make middle-weight. However, if Richardson gets away with Bartlett, there ought to be something doing with Heeney. Jamito, the Filipino who met. Vince Blackburn at the Stadium on Saturday night, badly beat one Jerry Mono:han, m his last fight before he left Manila. The "Cablenews American" described the fight as "a humdinger from start to finish, with Jamito doing all the forcing . . . Some of the blows -would have put an ordinary man out."