BOXING.
PURDY BEATS LOYERI'DGE. . THE. AI'CKLANDER'S-PUNCH.::, The Auckland boxer, C. Purdy, sur r prised Mr. Allan Maxwell, the Wellington -referee,: in his ; .bout Avit.h Dick Loveridgn.. at . ,New . : Plymouth, last week-end. '{iTJiero was.:only, one man in it,'?: declared Mr.-. Maxwell later. ' 'Purdy much .-too fast..and.,, clever,,.for Loveridge, and made the TaranaicLbovi miss badly time and again. The first,,-four, .rounds-'Were-oven the- rcslr with- ther exeeption of*-} thei fifteenth; .went- to --Purdy-, ; who- -boxed brilliaTitly. It clear" .that Hie Auckiahder had • t aken not ice, -of, critiQJsiji upon his recent. showing aCiWellington, as on Saturday niglit fie never once was guilty of hitting with the open glove. It was. .evident,,: .also. that'-Pnrdy has--.developed ajpunch, as he,opened a gash, oyer,one* of Lovc:ridge's eyes, in the. third ,round, and damaged'his .opponents othei\cyo,im the: eighth. -Loveridge-presented a fearsome picture, covered as he -was in blood. 'Purdy was -unmarked at, the end of the,,battle. He, is a greatlyimproved . boxer, . and his showing against such a. lusty , opponent;'.as Loveridge surprised mo on Saturday.":
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 1701, 17 April 1926, Page 8
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166BOXING. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 1701, 17 April 1926, Page 8
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