BOXING.
NEW ZEALAND BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS. AUCKLANDERS ALL GO UNDER. The New Zealand amateur boxing championships came up for decision at Dunedin on Thursday and Friday nights, an appreciative audience packing His Majesty’s Theatre both evenings. Some excellent contests were witnessed, the final bouts causing great excitement, and the boxing throughout the tournament was of a . good standard. The results of the contest were as follow: — BANTAM-WEIGHTS. First Round. W. M. Campbell (Otago), 8.3, beat W. Nelligan (Canterbury), 8.2. W. H. Wennand (Wellington), 8.3. beat W. W. Baldwin (Southland), 8.2. Stewart (Timaru), 8.2%, beat O'Meara (Auckland), 7.13. Second Round. Wm. Campbell, 8.3, beat W. H. Wennand (Wellington), 8.3. C. Stewart (Timaru), 8.2%, a bye. Final. C. Stewart beat W. Campbell. FEATHER-WEIGHTS. First Round. P. Florio (Canterbury), 8.6, beat R. Kaill (Southland), 8.8. M. Leckie (Otago), 8.10, beat R. Cairns (Wellington), 8.12. L. Porter (Wellington), 8.13%, beat R. Finnerty (Southland). 8.12%. J. Heggarty (Timaru), 8.13, beat McNeill (Auckland), 8.13. H. Wilson (Canterbury), 8.11, beat W. Duncan (Otago), 8.13. Second Round. J. Heggarty (Timaru), 8.13, beat L. Porter (Wellington), 8.13%. H. Wilson (Canterbury), 8.11, beat T. Gundry (Canterbury), 8.11. M. Leckie (Otago), a bye. Semi-Final. J. Heggarty beat M. Leckie. Final. . J. Heggarty beat Wilson. LIGHT-WEIGHTS. First Round. Thomson (Canterbury), 9-12, beat Saunders (Otago), 10.0. Smith (Wellington), 9.11, beat Newall (Southland), 9.12. Ross (Auckland), 9.6, beat O’Connor, 9.10. Finnerty (Southland), 9.10, beat Fulton (Otago), 9.13. Second Round. A. Thomson (Canterbury), 9.12, beat Ross (Auckland), 9.6. J. H. Finnerty (Southland), 9.10, beat W. J. Smith (Wellington), 9.11. Final. J. H. Finnerty (Southland) beat AThomson (Canterbury). MIDDLE-WEIGHTS. First Round. Cooper (Otago), 11.0, beat Manley (Auckland), 10.8. Monaghan (Otago), 11.2, beat Campbell (Hawke’s Bay), 10.12. G. Campbell (Southland), 11.0, beat L. Cade (Canterbury), 11.13. J. O. Hughes (Southland), 11.3, beat D. Munro (Otago), 11.2. Second Round. A. Cooper (Otago), 11.0, beat Campbell (Southland), 11.0. Monaghan (Otago), 11.2, beat J. J. Hughes (Southland), 11.3. Final. S. Monaghan beat A. C. Cooper.
WELTER-WEIGHTS. Penberthy (Canterbury), 10.8, beat Edwards (Otago), 10.1. Watchorn (Wellington), a byeFinal. G. Watchorn (Wellington), 10.5%, beat P. Penberthy (Canterbury), 10.8. HEAVY-WEIGHTS. P. Ruston (Otago), 12.4, beat Donald (Wyndham), 13.5. M. Ryan (Southland), 13.7, beat TNightingale (Otago), 11.10. Final. M. Ryan. (Southland), 13.7, beat P. Ruston (Otago), 12.4.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 1012, 29 July 1909, Page 10
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372BOXING. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 1012, 29 July 1909, Page 10
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