BOXING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 91, 17 April 1929, Page 5

BOXING

AN EXHIBITION BOUT ‘ CLEVERLEY AND McCLEARY. A FINE DISPLAY'. I Ai correspondent wrote to the Evening Post last week as follows: An item of the very greatest interest at the amateur boxing tournament on Monday night at the Community Club was the exhibition sparring bout between Alf Cleverley and Brian McCleary. It was McCleary’s first public appearance in Wellington since be announced his intention to come back into the ring again. Cleverly, fresh from his recent victory at, Waimate, was in fine condition, while who has only recently begun training, was not up to the standard at which he aims before entering seriously for the heavyweight contests. He gave a very fine exhibition of shadow sparring to fill in a blank in the programme, and showed speed and science. When, however, he stood up to Cleverley he was labouring under a very heavy handicap. His right arm was stiff as the result of an accident, and he was quite unable to stop with it several heavy body blows which Cleverley managed to land in the first round. Cleverley boxed well and scientifically. He was undoubtedly improved very much since his visit to Europe, an his experience at the Olympic Games and at the Tailltean sports in Dublin have made him a formidable fighter, who is sure to go far in the game. As for McCleary, a few weeks more of hard training will make a vast improvement on his present form. Ho has not lost his science or his punch, and when he has trained down to his fighting weight ho will be a foeman worthy to meet any other heavyweight in the Dominion.

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