BOXING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 13685, 20 May 1912, Page 2

BOXING.

WANGANUI AMATUUR ASSOCIATION. FRIDAYS TOURNKY, A\ hat promises to prove on;' of tho bc.-t lighf-weight i:oxino- matches scan in tii<Dominion for some years pa,d will be iielil in Hie Opera Homo on Friday ni-.vlit, next, when I .eon Porler. Hie Welling ton eraek, and Allan Maxwell, of Hawera, will meet in a 1-round eon test lor a purse of .145 put up 1 1 v Hie Wanganui Amateur Hexing Association. Maxwell did well as an amateur, and opened Ills career as a professional by boxing a draw with Tim Tracey, one of the finest performers New Zealand has produced. Potter has earned the reputation of being remarkably speedy and clever, and he is very confident of adding Maxwell’s scalp to his 1 ilt!<■ lot. On the other hand, (he Hawera boxer is reported to he in (lie pink of condition, and his friends look to him fo win. It should he a stirring contest, and there D every likelihood of it going (he full 15 rounds. The other items on the bill-ol-fare should provide plenty of excitement. In the light-weight division Sugrne (Tokomarn) will meet Horn), of Wanganui; in Hie welter-weight chi--, Johnson (Makirikiri) and Dreed (Wanganui) and Dateman (Tokomarn) and Grogan (Wanganui) will clash, and middle-weights Da'ziell and Jackson will decide which is (he cleverer man. With such a programme a full house is assured, ami those who attend should get capital value for their money.