BOXING STANDARD IS NOT MAINTAINED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19134, 29 July 1930, Page 13

BOXING STANDARD IS NOT MAINTAINED.

I CHAMPIONSHIP BOOTS j ATTENDED BY ABOUT 300. I So fine a standard had been set in amateur boxing- in Canterbury this season that there was justification for the hope that the provincial championships would definitely put the sport on its feet. Last evening, however, those hopes were not realised. The championships. which were staged at the Civic Theatre,' attracted an attendance of about 300, which, considering the weather, was a reasonable house. To those enthusiastic supporters*, the general quality of the bouts was not acceptable, although there were one or two thrilling battles among the lighter contestants. The new champions are: Heavy-weight—C. Gardner. Ifight-heavy-weight—PI. Pocock. Midd 1 e-weight—B. Gi 1 es. AVel t or-weigh t —G. Forward. Light-weight—lST. Moulin. Feather-weight—C. G. Winder. Bantam-weight—W r . Lacey. Fly-weight—J. Johnston. Gardner won by default. Giles, holder of the middle-weight title, was head and shoulders above the rest of his class, and was the most attractive boxer seen in action during the evening. Results:— Light-Heavy-weight Tinal. ! 33. Pocock, list 31b, beat K. Raines, list Gib. on points. An uneventful display. Middle-weight. B. Giles, list, beat E. James, list 41b, James opened aggressively, but Giles, using a well-timed left to the chin, made a series of connections which gradually slowed up the aggressor. James was bleeding freely from the nose at the end of the first round. Gilis so far had boxed well within his powers. James gamely stood up to severe punishment in the second round, in which Giles scored freely with his left to the face, and an occasional right to the body. Giles forged ahead in the third round and was an easy winner. Giles beat T. Croft, list 21b. Croft, although the aggressor and frequently connecting with heavy swings, encountered trouble when Giles drove home his good left to the chin. It was a case of boxer versus fighter, with the fighter the stronger man. Croft hurled himself at Giles in the second round, swinging and lashing about him with both arms. Giles, confident and cool, slipped away ami came in with his left timed nicely to the jaw. It frequently landed heavily, and the fighter, who was bespattered with his own blood, was gradually going down. Gil -s battered his opponent to a standstil. in the final round. Once brawn. Welter-weight. T>. Forward, 3 ost 71b, beat 11. Clegg, JCst Gib. Forward connected a heavy right swing to the jaw and Clegg went down, but at the count of six the bell sounded. Clegg’s seconds went to work on him, but he was unable to go on.

Forward beat IT. Matheson. lOsrt 41b. Forward, who is a rugged type of fighter, knocked Matheson out in the second round, connecting with two heavy right swings to the jaw. Bight-weight. X. Moulin, 9st 71b, beat W. Gahagan, 9sf. 61b, on points. There was not a great deal between them .when it came to hitting, but Moulin was elusive and made his opponent miss. Final. Moulin beat D. Cree, 9st 71b. An even match between two good men. Moulin was able to make Cree miss a great deal, and gained the championship as a stylist. Feather-weight. 'C. G. Winder, 9st, beat I*. Hawes, Sst 121 b. Thera were two uneventful* rounds when both rnten swung a great deal, but seldom connected. Tho final round saw them go to close quarters, and, after a toe-to-toe battle of terrific twohanded hitting, the judges were unable to agree upon a decision, and an extra round was ordered. It was a thrilling battle. Winder caught Hawes with a, left swing, inflicting a. deep cut over his teye, and putting him at a disadvantage, as blood streamed into his eyes and made him unable to see clearly. Winder thereafter was able to pile up a lead. He was somewhat lucky when the extra round was ordered, for Hawes, some considered, was slightly ahead on points in the third round. Bantam-weight. H. 3<’ord, Sst, beat A. Kane, Sst 21b, on points. Ford opened a cut over Kane’s eye, connecting with lefts and rights. Kane fought with both hands and went in close, the fight becoming a vigorous mill, at the end of which both men emerg- * d with their faces thickly smeared with blood. Honours were even after the second round, which saw another three minutes of hard fighting. Ford used Ins left with telling effect. In the opening stages of the final round, Kane, who, on the score of years, was a man compared with his opponent, went to work, vigorously, landing some heavy blows to the face and body. Ford took it all and then drovte home a succession of lefts that balanced honours. It was a willing struggle to the end, and Ford received an ovation for a meritorious victory.

W. Davey, Sst 121 b, beat Ford on points. Davey, who has been champion of Canterbury for a number of years, met a boy who only recently left the novice ranks. Davey was always master of the situation, and, to his credit of himself. Fly-weight. J. Johnston, 7st 61b. beat A'. Howell on points. Both men made it willing, and the fighting was fast in the first round. Johnston scored points with his left, ?loweli a was ven y into Vei ' ° n his - I‘efctsecond 1 ‘ efctsecond round, and Johnston subjected lnm to a battery of left leads to the jaw It was a toe-to-toe battle in thte tin d and final round, both men giving ami ( taking much punishment. Johnslous margin of points in the earlier i oulids remained in his favour, and lie was given the decision.