DEMSKY OUTPOINTS GLEESON.

NZ Truth, Issue 881, 14 October 1922, Page 8

DEMSKY OUTPOINTS GLEESON.

Hard- Fought, Fast Fight. Never did a better matched couple m better condition enter a ring- than' Paul Demsky and Pat Gleeson, who went through fifteen fast, hard rounds m the Wellington Town Hall on Wednesday evening, and aroused the huge audience that packed every part.-'of the building to great enthusiasm. Gleeson, the Irishman, master boxer, and spectacular m his work, with plenty of show and glamour, had gained a previous decision, tout popular opinion had swung round m favor of Demsky for' this event. Demsky, the Russian, a mere boy, 19 years old, was an unobtrusive little figure when he entered the ring,. and his boxing is of himself. There is , .nothing spectacular '■' about : this rqund-faced, muscular young chap, no display whatever, but there is an .unerring, judgment, and the business-like air of a man' going' to work with a job to perform. The weights were: Gleeson 9.1?, Demsky 9.7%. . Pat, m his flamboyant green trunks, was first m. He. examined Demsky's bandages with meticulous care, then divested himself of his gown, crossed himself m his corner, and the 1 pair were soon^at it. Demsky went to. work with both hands, landing lightly only, for Gleeson was as - WARY AS A CAT. He looked m vain for a suspicion of an opening, and continued these tactics until the latter part of the second round. Then the Irishman^ gave a tasteof his quality, and landed hard rights and lefts, but only on* Demsky's gjoves, for he accepted ttt'em beautifully, j This was grand boxing!-' Deni'sky' Osored m, for he liked the tight, and once when following up his man the Russian'; went too far and found himself bending 'beside the ropes. Instantly.' Gleeson slipped a hard left hook into his face, and followed it up with a left' and right lightly to - the face. ; In succeeding rounds the Russian kept cpmingvin, and scored with heaVy, jolts to' the-' ribs. Once m the fifth,; Gleiesori-j ring' general that he is,- got his man cornered, and slammed m A COUPLE OF UPPERCUTS that bothered Demsky to -smother. It was a perilous position, arid only Demsky could have cleared so' confidently. Up to the seventh; Demsky forced the fight, and went into the tight', willingly,' where he invariably had the advantage, especially with heavy.righf jolts to the ribs. Gleeson kept him at arm's length as much as possible after this anil

started to fight his man. Not a move m his repertoire, 'but he used it. The light of battle was m the Irishman's eye when he opened the seventh, boxing and moving faultlessly. He landed two rights to the head at the distance, but Demsky scored on his purple ribs. Just before the gong, the Irishman's right glove ripped up with all his weight behind it. Demsky watched the event interestedly from the distance of a couple of inches, quite sufft- ■ cient, apparently, for the complacency of this very calm young man. Gleeson disturbed it considerably m the eighth, however, when he sent Demsky's head back with a hard straight left on the mouth, and got him against the ropes. Anything might have happened here, but Demsky slammed m a right hook to the face, and came away and. m again to batter Gleeson's ribs anew. The next three rounds were worth the money, especially the eleventh, when both men, for a few seconds, opened out properly at arm's length, with the audience roused to fever heat. Both got home to the face with hard swings, but such tactics were no good to either, for Demsky had suffered a hard, right and left to his face, and Gleeson' came away bearing the sting of a heavy right cross and a left upper-cut, both sent m with the full intention of being felt. Demsky made the best of the twelfth and thirteenth without giving the impression of having done so, for m this, as m other-rounds, he scored most m the tight, BELTING GLEESON'S RIBS weightedly, and taking, most of what was coming on his gloves. Pat stood him off, as well he might, m the fourteenth, and used' his lightning left constantly. This was a capital round. The last was less inspiring, with Demsky plugging m to the bitter end and victory,'and the thick end of a £200 purse and expenses. The judges, were . Messrs. P. W. Woods and J. F. Staples, and the referee, Mr. E. Stewart. The decision met with the usual mixed reception. Capital preliminaries were run through, and four New Zealand repre-: sentatives who had just returned from Australia that morning, being matched m four-round ho-decision bouts against the cream of local amateurs.