BOXING

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 7, 30 July 1930, Page 6

BOXING

TA it AX A iil CMIAjiPiOX SII IIPS* Though there were no outstanding performers at the Taranaki amateur boxing championships at. Hawera iasc evening, there was a general improvement in the standard of boxing, which was decidedly h’gfi Entries were only fair and a number of competitors could mot make the weight in classes for which they nad entered. This was especially noticeable <m the lightweight class ( and those who were ove r the limit wer e not prepared to meet 11. Furze iu the welter division. Never before iu New Zealand ring history have so matiy bouts been staged iu ona evening. Taranaki champions for 1930, with th previous year’s winners iu parentheses, are; Flyweight; D. Roebuck, New Plymouth (D. Roebuck). Bantam. 1). Roebuck (D. Childs, Stratford). Feather: C. Talbot ) Eltham (A. Tm'aer, Waitara). Lightweight: F. Hutchens, Eltham, (L. Christensen, New Plymouth). Welter: R. Furze, Tikorangl (A. Duggan, Hawera). Middle: E. Griffen, Inaha (E. Griffen, Hawera). Liglit heavy; E. Griffen (E. Griffen, Hawera). Heavy: F. Smitheran, Patea (S. Byrne, New Plymouth). The referee was Air R. W. Huddo w. The following boxers have been selected to represent Taranaki at the New Zealand amateur championships at Palmerston North, subject to funds being available and to the confirmation of the Stratford selector:—R. Furze, Waitara, Welterweight; I). Roebuck, New Plymouth, flyweight; E. Griffen, Hawera, middleweight. R. Furze, Tikorangi, 10.81, umcliallenged amateur welterweight champion of Taranaki, and Jack Jones, ex-lightweight champion of Wales, gave an exhibition bout. Furze is considered one of the best amateurs of his weight in New Zealaud.