AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1159, 27 June 1912, Page 19

AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

LARGE ENTRY ANTICIPATED.

Active preparations are being made for the Auckland provincial amateur championships for 1912, which are to be held in the Town Hall on Wednesday and Thursday next, July 3 and 4. Although entries do not close until Saturday (June 29) there are indications at present of a very large entry, and in view of the increased: popularity of bbxing throughout the northern province some excellent bouts are anticipated.

On the first night of the championships, the well-known professional boxers, Holt and Olsen, will:meet in a 10 rounds contest for. a £25 purse. Previous contests between the pair when they were • amateurs have : resulted •in very . even, and exciting bouts, and. Wednesday night’s match should be no exception to the rule. The concluding night of' the chain? pionships will witness the meeting between those clever lightweights, Alf-. Gault, of Auckland, and Alan Maxwell, of New Plymouth, in a 15 rounds’ match for a £5O purse. This will mark the first occasion on which Maxwell has fought in Auckland, and his forthcoming contest with Gault is attracting considerable attention' in boxing circles. Maxwell has the distinction of having drawn with Tim Tracy in a keenly-fought match, while his defeat at the hands of Hegarty, who was awarded a points’ decision, was not popularly received, it being generally contended that a draw would have been a fairer verdict. Not only is Maxwell a fine defensive boxer, but he can assimilate a good deal of punishment, while he has a reputation for going in and mixing the fighting freely. His three contests with Hegarty, Tracy and Porter respectively, all went the full fifteen rounds, so that his match with Gault should provide a great go.