BOXING.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16815, 5 June 1926, Page 20 (Supplement)

BOXING.

(By "Niblick.")

Answers to Queries. “Sponge.”—Mike and Tom Gibbons are brothers. The latter is the heavyweight. “Gong.”— Jimmy Wilde is a Welsh boxer. lie has finished with the game. IWatch-IWaldnfc. Tlie Napier Association is endeavouring to secure the services of Billy Chambers—Jamito for June 12. It is offering a purse of £l5O. It is on the cards that Murray will defend his title against Purdy at Wellington on July 14. If Not Why Not? Charlie Purdy is now a more aggressive fighter than lie was a few months ago, but he still lacks a punch. His left docs not carry enough sting in it to keep Ihc other man from continually coming in. There is not onougli body swing behind his punches, but perhaps Pat Conners will remedy ttiis. There is no earthly reason why Purdy should not be a hard hitter. He-has the ideal make-up of a boxer, being strong round the shoulders, and lie is a groat judge of distance, says a New Zealand Times writer. An Honest Fighter. Jamito is au honest fighter. He realises that the crowd pay to see him in action and lie always endeavours to give them their money’s worth. The brown hoy pul. up his best showing during the middle portion of the fight. He crowded Purdy on the ropes on several occasions at Wellington and cut loose with both hands. However when it came lo open warfare lie was the second best. Small But Good. “You haven’t got a fly-weight, champion, so what am Ito do? I‘m told that there arc a few flyweights in the South Island, but nobody seems to know who they are, or where they arc. Pretty hard on a visitor who can’t swing the scale round more than S. 01" Little Eddie Boss made this lament with a bright smile the other day to a Wellington writer. He has come over from Australia in order to get first crack at Fidel Laßarba, flyweight champion of the world, when lie comes Obis way next September. Ross holds the fly-weight championship of West Australia. He first started boxing at the age of six, when he travelled with a vaudeville company. After becoming associated with Eddie Butcher he turned professional in 1922 and fought ten battles in West Australia, winning eight by the knockout route. In 1923 ho captured the fly-weight title from C. Jones, whom he knocked out.