FINALS OF BOXING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26731, 29 March 1948, Page 6

FINALS OF BOXING

SOME LIVELY BOUTS VICTORIA WINS SHIELD An attendance of about 800—mostly students —watched the New Zealand University boxing championship finals in His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday night. There were no dull fights, and a reasonable standard of boxing was maintained in ali sections. Victoria won three of the seven finals to take the boxing shield. Results were:— Bantam-weight.—Preliminary: C. M. Wong (V.U.C.) beat B. M. Dallas (0.U.). t.k.o. in first round. Final: Wong beat L. R. Belsham (A.U.C.), on points. Feather-weight.—Preliminaries: C. M. Littlejohn (0.U.) beat J. E. Cowell (C.U.C.), on points; A. W. Young (V.U.C.) beat L. M. McNamara (A.U.C.), on points. Final: Littlejohn beat Young on points. Light-weight.—Preliminaries: M. W. .Wishart (V.U.C.) beat C. W. Orr (A.U.C.), on points; R. G. Sellar (0.U.) beat R. E. Seque (C.U.C.), t.k.o. in first round. Final: Wishart beat Sellar t.k.o. in second round. Welter-weight.—Preliminaries: A. B. Glengarry (A.U.C.) beat R. M. Miller (C.U.C.), on points; H. R. Gibson (0.U.) beat J. Goldfinch (V.U.C.), on points. Final: Gibson beat Glengarry on points. Middle-weight. Preliminaries: A. Greacen (A.U.C.) beat E. C. Watson (0.U.), on points; W. I. Wood (C.U.C.) beat C. A. MacLeod (V.U.C.), on points. Final: Greacen beat Wood on points. Light-heavyweight.—Preliminary: H. M. Harding (0.U.) beat S. Brockett (C.U.C.). on points. Final: E. C. Adams (V.U.C.) beat Harding on points. Heavy-weight.—Final: J. H. Ingram (C.U.C.) beat A. Foster (0.U.), - t.k.o. in third round. The Finals C. M. Wong (V.U.C.), 8.4 i, fought steadily to gain a clear decision over L. R. Belsham (A.U.C.), 8.4, in the bantam-weight final. The more discriminate puncher, Wong evaded his opponent’s long left-in the first round, but in the second round Belsham continued to lunge forward to make effective his reach with a little more success. Wong carried the fight in the last round, and at one stage had Belsham groggy on the ropes. „ ' Too much holding spoiled the featherweight final between C. M. Littlejohn (0.U.), B.IIJ, and A. W. Young (V.U.C.), 8.13 i. Aggression, with better calculated blows probably gave Littlejohn the decision. Most of the first two rounds were spent in the clinch, • neither boxer landing many punches. In the third round Littlejohn', took advantage of the .infighting, keeping his right free to cross to" the side of the head. Young fought capably, but showed signs of succumbing when Littlejohn putt the pace on in the last round. , , A . brief but lively bout ended when M. W. Wishart (V.U.C.). 961, was awarded a technical knock-out over R. G. Sellar (0.U.), 9.71, in the final of the lightweight. Looking evenly-matched, bote, men were wary in the first round. Wishart countered beautifully with penetrating lefts, but Sellar’s guard was in the mam safe. Blows were exchanged freely in a hectic encounter in the second round. The two met at close range, and as Sellar was moving back Wishart gave a parting shot which drove deep into Sellar’s solar plexus. Badly winded. Sellar took the count of nine. He resumed the fight, but after another 30 seconds the referee stopped the fight. The welter-weight, final between A. B. Glengarry (A.U.C.), 10.11, and -H R. Gibson (0.U.), 10.1, was a crowd pleasing bout In which Gibson’s cleaner punching won him the title. In the first round Glengarry was on top with a variety of body punches. Then Gibson began to administer his gloves with good timing—in spite of the fact that his right was used for the redundant purpose of keeping his hair out of his eyes. By the fourth round the earlier pace began to tell on the pair. Both had drawn blood and Gibson persisted with accuracy, while Glengarry’s body shots were losing thenworth. Exciting Bout The most exciting bout of the evening was the middle-weight final between A. Greacen (A.U.C.), 11.1, end W. I. Wood (C.U.C.), 11.51. The more scientific boxer, Greacen won on points. Wood’s aggression ran him into trouble from the start. ■ He tried to charge down the tall, tricky Aucklander. After two rounds in which Greacen fought off attacks with punishing counters, Wood began holding. In the fourth round Wood was cautioned for holding, and Greacen was warned about his resultant defence of bringing down his glove near the back of the neck. . . . . The crowd questioned the decision of the light heavy-weight final in which E. C. Adams (V.U.C.), 11.13. was declared the winner over H. M, Hardmg (0.U.), 12.2. From the' gong Adams appeared bent on a knock-out decision, and throughout the round had Harding confused. Adams was. however, wide with most of his barrage of blows. In the second round, Harding assumed the aggressive role and Adams became less prone to rush in. Tiring a little in the next round, Adams was covering on the ropes, but Harding was unable to connect with more than mild body blows. Both were bleeding profusely in the nose by the last round, and in a vigorous exchange, most of their energy was spent Harding appeared to have the better of the situation. . , , .. There were few bright spots in tne heavy-weight final in which J. H. Ingram (CUC.) 12.13. was not greatly extended to beat' A. Foster (0.U.), 1212, by a technical knock-out in the third round. The fighting was fairly quiet in the first round, but Foster began to exercise a promising left hook. Ingram smashed Foster's guard in the second round, using both gloves neatly over his opponent s head and body. As the roun d drew to a close Foster was visibly suffering from the assault, his arms waving m wide arcs. Ingram continued to hit at will in the third round, but Foster refused to admit defeat. Before any damage was done the referee stopped the bout.

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