AUCKLAND BOXING.

NZ Truth, Issue 869, 22 July 1922, Page 10

AUCKLAND BOXING.

On Tuesday evening nejyt the second professional contest of the present season .m Auckland' will take place, at the Town Hall, when the 1 crack Auckland lightweight Jack Keenan will try eori•elusions with, the . Hastings, favorite, Paul Hannah.- It is some time since Keenan had a scrap, but -those who have been twatching him ;.at work-a*. the gymnasium are confident that: he will.be right at. hiaibest. . Hannah. has done quite: a lot of. fighting,, and has done: rather well, taking, his performance? all through, :anci there are thosri who .fancy he ..will win by the knock- : -out. route. Possibly they may be right, but Hie. has the hardest part m front, becouse!!Keenari is no fool at the fighting game, as. quite a lpt of boxers have found out to their cost He should be cleverer- than the Hastings '. man!, and Hannah's only chance would ; seem to be to .fight Keenan and not try and box: him; ';''■''' Prior to the Keenan-Hannah scrap there will be a strong bill of amateur bouts, and amongst those to be seen .m the- ring, are Haggle .-.(Ngaruawahia), and' Brown (Frankton). These an both pretty good, and will well try out any they have to' meet. Albert Pooley -has been -freely congratulated upon his win over Laurie : Cadman, everyone recognising that Albf.rt fought a great fight and won al'. the way. He has now been matched : to light Cyril Whittaker at New Ply- ; mouth, and this should prove a find contest. : P. Dignan,- one of the Donovan Bros ' 1 schcol. is'idesirous of getting 'into th 3 > ring, with any of the lightweights • .roaming about the country. Dignan, it will be remembered, fought Harry May> at Whangarei .-. some few month-' backhand-, put up a close contest with the amateur, champion of Australasia : last season. : ; \ Laurie Cadman is very disappointed at his defeat: by Pooley, and reckons that he did not fight up to. his. best.: •He says- he -would dearly love to get m thernig again wif b . the pppula v Albert. At present Cadman Is at Rotorua, where he is spending a couple : of weeks' holiday.