PURDY AGAIN

NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 10

PURDY AGAIN

A Draw, Would Have^ Been In Order ;

(From "Truth's" Special Christchurch .Rep<) . . , Charlie Purdy and. Salviho Jamito met fop the third time at Christchurch oh Tuesday evening, but it was not a contest to decide the rubber, as Purdy had won. both previous' bouts. ' THEEE'.was a big crowd to witness I the pair, and they were rewarded with a fine exhibition. Purdy was as usual the brilliant . boxer, but he showed /that the burst of pugnacity he displayed at Hastings was^ not an isolated instance. , Jamito's eye had not healed to the extent he would have liked, and the punching it received means he will have to take it quietly, for a time. "Jararay"' was as usual a trier all the. way, and he never let up' firing punches. • The first' half was not up to the standard of the Hastings mill, but 1 things sparkled m the eighth, .when Jamito got busy and was well m the picture. . \ '. ) He stuck on' and gained a slight lead, but fighting, br rather using a straight left, got back the points. The figures on the last round, according to "Truth," made it an even go, and , a draw would have be'en a good verdict. Purdy on the showing did not deserve the verdict, and on the other hand neither did Jamito. fc It was a really good fight, which opened tamely, sparkled up at half way, and ended m a good- go.