WON ON POINTS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1053, 27 June 1917, Page 8

WON ON POINTS.

UREN DEFEATS KAY. After 20 rounds of strenuous fighting I Tommy Uren gained a points decision over Fred Kay at the Sydney Stadium :on June 9. The men have met several i times previously, and as a consequence were fully conversant with each other's ' methods. That being so, there was little | or no time wasted in finessing, both men from the outset fighting at their top. ,It was a great fight and full of sensa- ; tioual incidents. In the fifth round Kay was sent to the boards twice, but he 'managed to weather the storm, and put | Uren down for nine in both the eighth land thirteenth rounds. Uren, however, ! scored more frequently than his oppon- | ent, and at the conclusion of the con- ] test had secured a sufficient lead on ! points to entitle him to a well-deserved ! decision. The Sydney "Sun's" description of I the most sensational rounds is as folj lows: — "The fifth and six-sessions provided ! sensations, and nearly saw Kay knockIcd out. The fifth round began with j some hard battling all over the ring. Kay had been warned for hitting Uren low, and after apologising, lie backed to the ropes on the western side. Here Uren got close, and swinging a hard right, chipped Kay on the chin. Kay fell against the ropes and dropped in a sitting position. He was dazed from the effects of the punch, and rolled his eys as he glanced upwards to look at the clock. He was mystified, and several of those around the arena and in the back seats were wildly cheering Uren. ! Scott stood over Kny and counted loudj ly. At the sound of eight Kay struggled to his feet. He covered his face with J his arms, and took care to have his jaw ! well protected by his right glove. Bendj ing low, he steadied himself as host he ! could to escape Uren's punishment. And ' there was no doubt about the intentions of the Balmain boxer, for he rushed his man and started to poun 1 away at his head. Kay kept his face and jaw covered, and swayed to and fro. He was doing his best to pull himself together. Uren's attack was full of force. He swung and uppercut with lefts and rights with all his strength. He placed some of the blows on the face and jaw, and further shook up Kay, but most of the punches landed on his opponent's gloves and arms. Backing across the ring, and for fully a minute making no attempt to strike a blow. Kay reached the referee : s corner, and took more punishment. He wat: lied closely, and seeing an escape from more trouble, ducked and slipped towards the centre of the ring, just as the bell rang he landed a hard blow to the body with the left hand. "When the gong sounded for the sixth round, Uren, feeling that he had I Kay beaten, rushed at him. After the i gruelling he had received in the pre- . vious round Kay was hardly himself, j and he backed away. Uren jumped , in. and Kay found it difficult to save j himself from being knoi ked out. He j smothered his face with his arms and i gloves as he did in the fifth term, and I managed to evade a knock-out punch. | He pulled himself together, and making a wild dash, forced l"ren across the ring 'to the south-eastern corner. Here Kay 1 fought most determinedly. He wag | shaky, but desperate. He dashed at j Uren, placed a hard right to the heart, ' and then scored with a splendid left ' liook which caught Uren squarely on the chin. The Balmain boxer dropped, . but jumped up quickly. There was loud j cheering as the battle appeared to turn j in Kay's f;i\oiir, and he finished th<? I round lighting hard, and giving much I more than he receive i. "In the l">!h session, in about the i same spot as he dropped in the sixth round, I'ren received another left hook 'on the jaw. The blow was splendidly 'timed. It landed on the rhin, and 'knocked t'ren down close to the ropes, j lie was dazed, and kept down whiH , the count was going on. As the bell ; rang for the seventh time, he rose and battled as hard as he could. Ka - saw | that lie had the up) er hand, and «?t about Id; opponent in a vigorous way. lie uppercut a hard ritrht to the chin, and, swinging the left again, j ■'. missed the ja iv by an inch or two. Fret, became very ware. Although Kay did nor box so well as on previous oe- ! ■■: : ":i-. he shaved out better than Uren. I Some of the rabies were viciously fought, and in one of them T'ren nearly . forced Fay over the top rope. If not j quite so quick on his feet as iu previous beats. Kay was quite smart enough to beat Uren on dozens of occasions." i ————————