BOXING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 4 July 1925, Page 5

BOXING.

WILLS WINS. WEINERT WELL WALLOPED. •NEW YORK, Friday. Harry Wills, the negro challenger for Jack Dempsey’s title, knocked out Charley Weinert in the second round of a scheduled 15-round fight. Wills, outclassed Weinert from the first bell, and the latter was finally felled by a right upper-cut to the chin. Previously, Wills had sunk several mighty “blacksmith slams” wrist-deep in Weinert’s middle, taking his breath out and making him gasp so violently, that he could be heard ten rounds from the ringside.

WeiiicSl'was greatly distressed after the knock-out, and was carried to Wills’ corner,' where' the seconds of both, men worked over him. f

Wills, although warned before the fight against the practice of hugging his man close with his left and pounding ; his kidneys with his right, soon had recourse to this violent and painful. gesture, at which Weinert Screamed for the referee, and the crowd hoot* cd.

Weinert was slugged clear out of the ring during the first round, and was badly punished throughout. Wills occasionally hit low, though ho was warned. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.

GREB DEFEATS WALKER. NEW.. YORK, Friday. Harry Greb retained the middleweight championship, defeating Aliclcey Walker, the welter-weight champion, in a 15-round light during which the fortunes varied, but Greb held the upper hand. Greb had Walker half unconscious on, the ropes in the fourteenth, and wop Id have put him out but he was too excited to deliver the finishing blow. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn The Greb-Walker bout was the most thrilling since Dempsey _ and Firpo fought at the sdme park two years ago. Greb was the aggressor in most of the rounds. Neither man was knocked down. —Router.