BOXING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17179, 8 February 1930, Page 16

BOXING

MORGAN - T ROWERH FIGHT IMPORTANT G.B.A. FIXTURE Though it is hardly likely that it will surpass for purely meal interest the inoeung of Wally Robertson and Noel Costello, the provisional light between Reg. Trovvern an I led .Morgan, to be staged next Friday at the Cp-era lious-e, should be actually the m.osi important for which the Gisi onie Boxing Association lias made arrangements lor several years. 'LV.e result will be watched with very keen interest throughout New Zealand, and the successful boxer of the two will be certain of some good matches ahead. Ihe importance ol the light to the men engaged cannot l,e overestimated, for 'J rowern is a boxer who in a year or two will be passing towards the rctcran Stage, though he is still young in years, while Ted Morgan is on liis way towards the top o; the tree, and he cannot afford, any moro than Trovvern, to take a setback at this stage. After the display given by Morgan against the holder of the welter-weight title, Huy, Gisborne’s light “fans” will expect to see something out of the ordinary. There are many who hold that Mcrga.ii had a stroke of fortune in catching Hay off form on that occasion, but there can i e no doubt of the general verdict that the ex-Olympic champion is striding upidly towards the foremost place in his class. His unconventional lighting stance makes him a dillicult man to handle, and Jie is one of the cleanesthitting boxers seen in the New Zealand ring for some time. His opponent, Trowern, has rnt the same glamour about lum as Morgan, lor he is one of the older squad, and, moreover, ho never took Olympic honors, though lie was considered by many to he the equal of Charlie Purdy, and spent much of his time during his earlier professional years trying to negotiate matches with the champion. That Trowern is a real tighter with a punch and a degree of speed out of the ordinary has born shown timo and again, and he has a record' of winning matches of which any boxer might well be proud. Moreover, he has a degree of ringcraft that should enable him to keep Morgan under control most of the time, at least, and it is certain that he will not he taken by surprise by any manoeuvre introduced hv his opponent. The virtual defeat of Uav last week makes Morgan look too serious a proposition for any oppoc i t to take lightly, but. Trowern had a draw with the oncoming welterweight when they met on the West Const some timo ago, and is in hopes that ho will shade him on points next time out. TOKOMARU ASSOCIATION COSTELLO AND FITZMAURICE At a meeting of the Tokomaru Bay Boxing Association held hist evening it was decided to offer (I. Fit/mamice and Noel Costello u match for February 27, this being , the date ot the Runtoria races. The young professional lighters have not yet signified their willingness to meet on the coast, hut when Fit-z----maui'ice met Watty Robertson at Tokomar j Bay recently Costello entered a Imllenge to the winner, and there is -:ome prospect of the challenge being taken up at the coastal township. There are six or seven amateur bouts n prosoect, in ihe event of the professionals accepting the association’s terms. One bout which the committee : s anxious to secure is .a return between Bud Wahanui and W. Hall, of Tokomaru Hay and Gisborne respectively. This pair put up a fine exhibition at the last tournament.