BOXING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 66

BOXING.

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. '". .."'... CHFJSTCHURCH, March 24. At a meeting of the committee of the New Zealand Boxing Council correspondence was received from the Hawke's Bay Centre stating that the application of the Napier Association for affiliation would receive consideration at the next meeting of the centre; also, that an association had, been formed at Waipukurau, to which affiliation was granted. , .. •. - ...' The Secretary of the council reported the steps that he had taken to carry out the decision of . the council with .respect... to Mayze's suspension by the Otago Association. Mavzo had informed him that he would communicate direct with the Otago Association on the matter. The secretary had ulaced the position before the Otago Association, and had stated that the council would exnect to hear from the association before takincr action. . T-enp-thy wrestfondenee was received from the Westland Centre, the Westport, Association, the Westport Sports Club, and the MUlerton Association dealing with applications for affiliation. As the council was unable to distinguish the exact, position of affairs from the correspondence, it was decided to ask the secretary of the centre to submit a statement of the whoie ease. • JACK O'BRIEN v. AL KAUFMAN. PHILADELPHIA, January 20. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien barely .earned a draw in his six-roomed bout with AI Kaufman, the Californian heavyweight, at the National A.C. here last night. He was by no means in good condition, and, conceding all the natural advantages, just evened matter- by his superior cleverness although he was "all in" at the finishKaufman showed marked improvement over his previous bouts, and there v is no doubt that" in the course of time he will be a capable contender for the heavy-weight championship. At present he lacke speed and ring tactics, but he can take punishment;, and is aggressive. Indeed. O'Brien's abilitv to reach his heavier opponent hard and often throughout the 18 minutes of fighting was made possible by the Californian's aggressiveness. Frequently it looked as though he held his jaw steady just to see how hard O'Brien could hit. In the third round O'Brien landed his right seven times in succession, catching Kaufman flush on the jaw as he was coming in. These blows only seemed to make Kaufman fight all the harder. In the fourth round he dropped O'Brien with a short right uppercut. but the latter bobbed up without taking a single count. Kaufman had his opponent in a bad way in this round, but his la-ck of knowledge of ring tactics and his failure to follow up his .advantage prevented him from scoring a knock-out.

The round closed with O'Brien swinging wildlv and viciously, in which he landed six times on Kaufman's jaw. . From this time to the finish it was an elusive, clever, tactful ring general against a strong, rugged aggressive" youngster who has' a lot to learn of the ring'game. It was, this difference in the ability of the two men that enabled O'Brien to stavrthe limit a,nd deprived Kaufman of a clea.n-cut decision. So long as the Calicornian used his left straight ho was able to. reach his clever opponent, but when he started* to swing O'Brien ducked side-stepped, and several

times made the circuit, of the ring, running away from his bigger opponent, for which he was' hissed by the crowd. Beyond cut lips and a'bleeding nose Kaufman showed few marks of the contest. On the other hand O'Brien's face gave evidence of straight righc hand punches and uppercuts which Kaufman was able to land during the waning minutes of the fight.