AMATEUR BOXING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27091, 27 May 1949, Page 3

AMATEUR BOXING

First-class Bouts Some first-class amateur bouts were seen at tire Opera House on Wednesday night when the Oamaru Amateur Boxing Association held its first tournament of the season. Unfortunately, however, there was no more than a handful of spectators ' present and this no doubt proved discouraging to the promoters of the sport. Twelve bouts in all were staged and the tournament ended in a first-class bout between M. Collings (Oamaru) and Z. Uncovitch (Dunedin). Although Collings was sent to the mat on four occasions Uncovitch by no means had the better of the fight, but he proved to be a stayer and took some severe punishment. Results:— Novice Fly-weight: G. Hodges (Waxmate) 6.9 beat E. Boucher (Dunedin) 7.1, on points. Open Fly-weight: R. Hunt (Oamaru) 7.7 beat I. Coffey (Ashburton) 7.7 by a technical knockout in the second round. , Novice light-weight: C Cook (Ashburton) 9.5 beat F. McSkimming (Dunedin) 9.5 on points. Novice welterweight: B. Ludberg (Oamaru) 9.9 beat T. Beaford (Dunedin) 9.12 on points. Novice welter-weight: K. Price (Dunedin) 10.7 beat J. Hardy (Dunedin) 10.2 on points. Novice middle-weight: A. McLay (Dunedin) 11.10 beat J. Gilchrist (Dunedin) 11.2 Jon points. Open feather-weight: B. Collings (Oamaru) 9.2 beat R. Goodfellow (Dunedin) 8.10 on points. Novice bantam-weight: I. Cleverley (Oamaru) 8.3 beat N. Adamson (Waimate) 8.3 on points. Novice welter-weight: J. Stringer (DUnedin) 10.5 beat J. Smith (Oamaru) 10.1 on points. Novice catch-weight: S. Moffitt (Oamaru) 6.1 beat E. Boucher (Dunedin) 7.2 on points. Z. Uncovitch (Dunedin) 10.7 beat M. Collings (Oamaru) 10.10 on points. The referees were Messrs T. Nightingale. H. Kerr and L. Webb, the judges Messrs J. Farquhar, S. Ashton, D. Richardson and M. Hunter, and the announcer Mr A. N. Oakey.