NO BLACK-OUT FOR PERCY

NZ Truth, Issue 1105, 3 February 1927, Page 8

NO BLACK-OUT FOR PERCY

Vercoe Goes DownHo Superior Boxer . JMiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiMitiiiiiiiiiJiiitiiiiiiitiiiitiiMiitiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiitJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiirif iiiMiiiiftiiitiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiirintfitii'itiifii'tf I -. ■ y (From "N.Z. Truth's" Blenheim .Repi'esentative.) | | Percy Black, of Wellington, had no difficulty m gain- | 1 ing a verdict over Dick Vercoe, the Blenheim hope, m a con- | 1 test over ten rounds for a purse of £50 at the Town Hali, 1 1 Blenheim en Saturday ni^ht. | liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiniiinniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiHiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiin

•THE lads were well matched m phy1' sical condition and build, both tipping the beam at 9.3. Black /revealed himself as a clean hitter of remarkable speed and accuracy. . In the earlier rounds he, piled up such a tally of points against his 1 opponent who was slow to get up steam, that after little more than half of the scheduled distance had been, covered Vercoe''s only, chance was a knock out. It didn't come off and black was ac-

claimed the winner though he was more than a trifle the worse for- wear at the conclusion. The fight demonstrated that over ten rounds or less Black is immeasurably Vercoe's, superior, but the Blenheim' boy's extraordinary stamina would probably tell over a longer distance. The- crowd who saw the fight were delighted and the boys have been rematched for the , association's next tournament. •