BOXING.

Otago Witness, Issue 3609, 15 May 1923, Page 43

BOXING.

LONDON, May 11. Jimmy Wilde was enthusiastically farecelled on sailing’ from Southampton for Now York to fight Rancho Villa (on June 16). PARIS, May 11. A specialist is treating Carpentier for a damaged hand. As a result his match against Beckett may be cancelled. CARPENTIER KNOCKS OUT NIELES. LONDON, May 6. Carpentier knocked out Nilles in the eighth round. There were ‘20,000 spectators at the Car-pentier-Niiles fight. Nilles weighed 173ib and Carpentier 1631 b. The fighting was even until the end of the fifth round, when Carpentier began to show 6ome of his old form. In the sixth round he floored Nilles for 9se© and in the eighth a v splendidly-timed right to the jaw put him out. The winner was accorded a great ovation. AMERICAN BOXING. NEW YORK, May 12. Jack Renault, of Canada, defeated Fred Fulton on a foul in the fourth of a 10-round bout. Fulton was being badly beaten. Firpo knocked, cut M’Auliffe in the third of a 15-round bout. Firpo, though wold at failing to land most of the time, placed two or three tremendous body punches, which M'Auliffe was unable to withstand. M'Auliffe was floored in every round for short counts. WILLARD-JOHNSON CONTEST. NEW YORK, May 12. The referee stopped the Wiliard-johnson bout in the eleventh round, when after the gong had clanged Johnson fell to the floor in his corner, unable to move. The bout, which was scheduled to go 15 rounds, was interesting, not for Willard’s work, but because of Johnson’s gameness. The latter took hard punishment but led m every round, inflicting considerable punishment upon Willard, whose body was badly bruised. Willard's weight was 2481 b and Johnson's 1351 b, and greater weight won for Willard, who was slow on his feet and very tiled after the third round, end actually wobbling as the bout drew to an end. Willard did not demonstrate his rejuvenation. Tex Rickard announces that he will match Willaid against Firpo, probably on June 30. BOXING IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, May 12. At the Stadium Kid Dale beat Dan Morgan, the Welsh light-weight champion, on points after 20 gruelling rounds. The winner’s power to give and take unlimited hard knocks largely neutralised the Welshman’s superior skill and ringcraft. NAPIER TOURNAMENT. NAPIER, May 13. At the boxing tournament last night, Fred Hansen (Auckland) and Paul Hannah (Hastings) fought 10 rounds for a purse o* ITS. The former, who was the stronger man throughout, was awarded the verdict on points. Jack Neilson (Australia) and Carl Calloway (Napier) fought a draw in a sixround bout.

The best fight of Ihe evening was an amateur contest between Tom Donovan (ivapier) and D. Clinton (Palmerston North). There was no let-up throughout, and a verdict for Donovan on points met with a mixed reception.

BOXING COUNCIL. CHRISTCHURCH, May 12. The postal vole taken l>y the Boxing Council to decide the locations of the Nortn and South Island championships has resuited in the selection of Napier for the North and Ashburton for the South. The council decided to ask the Minister to amend the regulations in the direction of making it compulsory that under the covering of the ring floor there should be saddlers’ felt not less than |in thick, and also that the Prime Minister bs asked to abolish or reduce the amusement tax. OTAGO BOXING ASSOCIATION. At a special general meeting of the Otago Boxing Association in view of the dispute with the N.Z. Boxing Council arising out of the M'Quarrie M'Cleary contest, the president (Mr T. M. Gillies) and the membars of the Executive handed in their resignations. The following provisional committee was then set up to carry on in the meantime: —Messrs A. H. Ledgerwood, W. Stewart, H. Bowie, TI. W. Phillips, and W. H. Matthews. Mr Bowie was appointed secretary. It was resolved to apply to the Boxing Council for re-affiliation.