BOXING NOTES.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13167, 28 January 1936, Page 5

BOXING NOTES.

By "Straiglit Left

Boxing lans ill this district. nuJ there are many, heaved a nigh of rebel when the news reached Pahiatua on Saturday that Ray Nicol was now 0.K.. and that he would fight Harold Reeve, oil the 14th February— Show Night—for the light-heavy-weight championship of New Zealand —fifteen 3-minute rounds. Never in the history of Pahiatua has *»o much interest been aroused over a fistic combat, and it is safe to assert that standing room only will be almost at a premium on the eventful night. Nicol reported to b« in grant i* ttle and confident of \ictory_ He is a well-seasoned fighter, a master of ringcraft. carries a solid punch in either hand and not afraid to mix it. It should be a grim and deadly struggle for fistic supremacy, brimful of action and thrills. a> both belligerents have a somewhat similar style oi fighting and lairly revel in a fistic- fray. It the battle were a ten rounds contest I should be inclined to favour the oa Nicol. but the longer distance will the local boy right down to the ground. as

Harold has wonderful staying power*? and never calls a halt on his stern and persistent aggressiveness l rotn the call to battle. In the present writer’s opinion it will be the best and. incidentally, the hardest fight evei fought in the Pahiatua district. In all my experience of boxing I hare never found opinion so evenly divided. In outside districts Nicol on past performances,, is mostly favoured. and rightly so. but in this district Harold Reeve is being acclaimed as the conquering hero. It will he a great s< rap. boys, and it the fails are not on their feet screaming and yelling before the cessation of hostilities 1 shall cease writing boxing notes. The preliminaries to the professional bout will be the very best ever staged here. The star scrap will he a six 2-niinute encounter between Billy \\ it hey. considered by good judges to l»e the best middleweight in Wellington. and Alaurieo Spring. A very prominent official of tin* local club i*s climating a substantial trophy for this contest. This should be « corking fight, a«s both contestants are crackerjacks at tin* fistic pame and both getting into the very pink of condition. Bill Wither started training x furtnight ago. Withey’ s father will be in his boy’s corner. lam very pleased that at long last we ha vs lound a worthy adversary for Spring. This is going to be a great fight, brethren.