BOXING TITLES AT STAKE

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1934, Page 10

BOXING TITLES AT STAKE

FIGHTS IN CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 NEW ZEALAND TOURNAMENT. DRAW FOR FIRST NIGHT'S BOUTS. By Telegraph-Press Association. Wellington, Sept. 13. Entries received for the boxing championships next week numbered 84. but they have been reduced to 77. They are as follows:—Flyweight 6, bantam 9, feather 10, light 15, welter 14, middle 9, light-heavy 7, heavy 7. On the first night (Wednesday) the following bouts will be staged:— Flyweight: McKay (Napier) v. McPherson (Manawatu), Drew (Otago) v. Doyle (Hawke’s Bay). Bantamweight: Fleming INelson) v. Robinson (Marlborough), Kelly (Auckland) v. Evans (Motueka). Featherweight: Fisher (Christchurch) v. Borcovsky (Marlborough), Gordon (Taranaki) v. Aitken (Wellington), Spencer (Southland) v. Hawes (Greymouth), Stock (Hawke’s Bay) v. Evans (Motueka). Lightweight: Elsmore (Nelson) v, Gibbons (Manawatu), Hawkins (Greymouth) v. Ramsay (Otago), Murray (Wellington) v. Nelligan (Christchurch). Jarvis (Taranaki) is also to fight.

Welterweight: Taylor (Hawke's Bay) v. Candy (Marton), Hopkins (Manawatu) v. Jackson (Southland), Arbuthnot (Wellington) v. Fail (Christchurch), Mudgway (Waikato) v. Hogg (Auckland).

Middleweight: O’Connell (Oamaru) v. Lister (Ashburton), Reid (Wellington) v. Howson (Greymouth), Davis (Wairarapa) v. Percy (Hawke’s Bay). Light-heavyweight: Soane (Motueka) v. Neale (Auckland), Cowan (Hawke’s Bay) v. Bourne (Christchurch), Dawson (Wanganui) v, Muir (Southland). Heavyweight: Adams (Manawatu) v. Hepburn (Auckland).