BOXING.
HEENEY’S PUNCH LACKS POWER. By Telegraph—Brass Aasn.—Copyright. London, Oct. 31. The Daily Dispatch sports editor says: “The New Zealand boxer Heeney is difficult to understand. He is the speediest big man we have seen and, if his punching power was commensurate with his quickness, he would be a world-beater. He seems to land with power, but doubtless something is wrong with his hitting, for the blows with which he belaboured Stanley, if properly directed, would have felled the toughest opponent. The sound of Heeney’s blows suggests that he opens his gloves at the last moment. Heeney’s fine fighting spirit could counterbalance the deficiencies of his height and reach were his punch what it should be." e
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1926, Page 9
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117BOXING. Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1926, Page 9
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