BOXING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19772, 21 February 1927, Page 4

BOXING

GRIME’S GREAT FIGHT HALL KNOCKED IN EIGHT— A WIRELESS DESCRIPTION. W. (Billy) Grime knocked out th* negro Joe Hall in the eighth of a fifteen round light at the Sydney Sthdiuir on Saturday night. The pair have met three times and Grime has been the winner on each occasion. The first match was at Brisb.ine, where the de cision was disputed, the second at Mel ' bourne, where the verdict in favouir of Grime was unanimously endorsed, and the third was Saturday night when Grime left no room for any doubt. The Stadium was packet! on Satur dtay night and when a ‘ ‘ Chronicle ’ man listened-in to 28. L. Sydney, the hum of voices could be heard prior Io the fight. Grime, who will meet the New Zealander, Charlie Purdy, otv March 10 at Wellington, scaled 9 stone while Hail weighed in at 9 stone 7A. The negro was confident of victory as ho stepped into his corner. He ctilculated on knocking Grime out in fivq rounds. Joe Wallace was the referee. The Fight Described. Grime was very cautious in the first round and Hall sailed into him and connected with a right to the jaw. Grime countered with lefts to the body but the negro was right fafter the triple*, crowned champion, and fie chased Grime all round the ring connecting with right and left to the jaw. Grime was having rather a rough time until he cleverly evaded a wild swing and connected hard to Hall’s chin with a great left. The round was even.

111 the second round the negro again attacked and unloosed u heavy left hook which shook Grime. The chain pion retaliated with two left hook? which rattled the negro badly. Grime was using his left very effectively and* Hall could not judge where the punches were coming from. It was Grime s round.

Grime opened the third sensationally by left hooking the negro heavily over the heart. Grime was making the negro miss badly and on one occasion the crowd roared its approval when Hall made a wild lunge at Grime and nearly finished outside the ring. It was Grime’s round all the way and things were becoming particularly warm. Caution For Foul Hitting. In the fourth Hall missed badly and Grime landed successive rights an<| lefts to the face. Hall left-hooked to the body and shook Grime but the Sydneysider was a little too clever and he often left Hall standing in the mittdie of the ring hitting thin air. Howls of disapproval were heard when the negro rabbit-punched Grime. Hall then punished Grime with terrific body punches. There were more howls of disapproval when Hall was cautioned again. Grime then scored with a tremendous left to the jaw, wich brought forth loud cheers. The round, was if •anything, slightly in favour of Hall. Loud roars of applause greeted Grime in the fifth when he hit Hall in the face with a hard straight left. Grime followed up with a left hook to the plexus and another quick left to the head. He cleverly evnded Hall’s wild swings but in a torrid exchange in mid-ring the negro connected with a great left, to the chin. The round ended with Hall on the ropes and Grime pummelling his body. Hall had failed in his supreme attempt to K.O. Grime. Hall Attempts Knock-Out. The sixth opened with sparring in the centre of the ring. Hull lashed out with a wild hit Und ran on to a straight left which pushed his jaw back with a jolt. The nigger landed on the ropes where Grime Jeft<hook*d him and scored with terrific heart punches. Hall changed his style, but he was faring worse than previously. A claim for a foul met with no response and Grime again connected with a succession of lefts which he followed up with two. left uppercuts and a straight right, all of which shook the negro badly. The round was etasily in favour of Grime and Hall was beginning to slacken up under the punishment. The negro mad.' wild'attempts to finish the fight in tin* seventh and loud boos were heard when he again claimed a low hit. Grime wtis showing out and his superior ringcraft had Hall hitting thin air time and again. The negro rushed into another left to the jkxw, and was weakening Grime chased him all round the ring. Hall made wild atempts to knock out Grime without any success.

Sensational Last Round. The sixth w r as full of sensations Grime opened with a right to the plexus and Hull countered with two hea' \* punches to the head. Grime sailed in’c Hall and left and right-hooked to the jaw. Again the negro claimed a foul when Grime sunk a right into Ha'l’s plexus. Grime got in close with a ter-, rific left hooK to the point land knocked Hall clean out. The demonstration drowned the announcer altcgether. Roar after roit followed like incoming breakers and loud whistling could be heard. When the din subsided the announcer stu*ed that Grime had Hall on the ropes. He shot his right into the plexus and the negro got cut into the centre of ring. Gr mo turned an<t unloose*! his terrific loft book which ended the fight. Billy Grime sails for New Ze -Han I this week on his way to America, he hopes to be matched for the world's feather and light-weight crowns.