HOW CASLY WON POOR FIGHT
'. Feeble Display Against' Leo Wax i ■■•■ ■■■ ■ .
(From "Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) "Make it a fight!" came from the gallery during 1 the bout between Harry Casey and Leo Wax, and this appeal voiced the feelings of a half -filled house. ' ■ . ! . "
REFEREE MOORE .showed his am-bition'-to. make it an 'open fight m the early stages by v repeated orrlpi s to break. The Aussies waited for each other to tal-e the aggressive m the first throe .rounds, which terminated by one or the other making an advance to a brief exchange and clinch again. Up t6 the sixth round nothing of note had happened, but th^re was some hissing from the crowd .and. the referee apparently warned >.'. b.ofcH!i. men..' I . - • . ' ' Jiist' before : ,the gong Casey made a dashjiig attack on Wax and drove him across the ring on to the ropes. The crowd appreciated • signs of a real fight. ... . ... ."'. .. Casey, was on the aggressive m the -seventh' and' Wax was not' doing much. Casey's tendency to clinch spoilt the. prospects of possible interest. He forced Wax m the eighth more thon once, but the referee was kepi busy. 'Up to the gong for the ninth round nothing like, a fight had happened. The house was not pleased. . . ■ During the tenth, when there w.era signs of some real boxing, the crowd cheered with anticipation, but -before the gong went for the eleventh the. house had counted the men out more than once.. During the -next . three rounds ■ Casey's head was resting most of the time 'm the hollow of Wax's
. left .shoulder, but twice, m the thirteenth he rushed his opponent to his corner and pasted him. The referee was a busy man breaking clinches. J3e£oro .t.he last round \began some coins were thrown into, the -ring and: hisses came from, all over the, house.
"Kiss. him!" was heard.. "It will soon be time!" They v were still at it when the gong tsrminafed the final round and the Northern Boxing . ? Association ihac 1 stagtvl their most hoary ■ .'frost' for a couple of seasons. The verdict vyas a popular one, Casey being declared the winner.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 14
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358HOW CASLY WON POOR FIGHT NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 14
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