BOXING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16914, 1 April 1929, Page 4

BOXING

LEOKIE BEATS GRIME FOUGHT LIKE A DEMON fEleo. Tel. Copyright—United Press AssnJ SYDNEY, March 31. At the Stadium Johnny Leekie (N.Z.), 8.11 i, boat Billy Grime (Australia) 9.0, in the fourteenth round. The Now Zealander was the fast or and cleverer, and his hurricane-like blows reached Grime from all directions, whenever the latter came up from his old-time crouch.

The big crowd soused the passing of the champion as, apart from the fifth and seventh rounds, in which the Australian had rather the better of the points, the Now Zealander piled up his tally steadily. Grime was cautioned in the eleventh round for hutting and. later, ho accidentally landed an illegal tap, but Leekie, after a moment's pause, offered his gloves and the bout proceeded. The last throe rounds saw Leekie fighting like a demon, but the Australian was tough and lasted till the fourteenth, when the New Zealander's punches told their tale. A right to the jaw sent Grime down for nine. Ho got up. but was immediately floored. He got to his feet again at the count of six, only to he drop pod once more. The police then in tervenod. The ex-champion was badly battered.