BOXING

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24898, 11 June 1946, Page 6

BOXING

KELLY BEATS FULLER (PA.) AUCKLAND, June 10. In a clean and open professional lightweight boxing contest, Percy Kelly (Auckland) defeated Bobby Fuller (Australia) on points. The match was for a purse of £2OO and there was a capacity house. Kelly gained the decision by cleaner ranching and by forcing the fight. The winner weighed in at 9st 91b, and Fuller at 9st BJlb The bout was over 10 threeminutes rounds. In a special amateur contest of four two-minute rounds, D. Godward (Auckland, 9st 1311 b, beat N. Fitzwater (Hastings) 9st 121 b. on points. HAMILTON BEATS HANSON (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 10. Much superior in in-fighting and occasionally shooting home a good straight left, Sei Hamilton (Melbourne) secured a points decision over Tommy Hanson (Wellington) in the Town Hal] to-night. AMATEUR CONTESTS AT ASHBURTON There was a record attendance at the amateur tournament held by the Ashburton Boxing Association at Ashburton last evening Competitors from Timaru, Christchurch, and Dunedin took part in a programme of nine events, most of wnich were well-matched bouts. The most exciting was the welter-weight contest in which D. Jones (Christchurch) beat T P Wright (Wigram) in three sharp rounds. Jones was awarded the special prize for the winner of the best bout of the evening In a six-round bout. R Tonks (Ashburton) beat I G. Cruickshanks (Dunedin) with aggressiveness, although Cruickshanks showed more science in his boxing The judges were Messrs A. Argvle. B Lister. S Guthrie (Ashburton). M McKenna. and D. McGlashan (Timaru). Messrs Argyle and L Adams were the referees Results were:— Paper-weight—A. Fleet, 7st (Ashburton) beat K McCormick, 7st (Ashburton): J. Pile. Bst 101 b (Ashburton) beat C O’Regan. 6st 61b (Christchurch) Mosquito-weight.—A Rouiston, 6st 61b (Ashburton) beat T. Lucas, 6st 21b (Christchurch) by a technical knock-out Light-weight.—N Britt. 9st 101 b (Christchurch) beat J Scheib. 9st 4’b (Ashburton) Middle-weight.—G Thompson list (Timaru) beat E Morgan, list 11b (Ashburton): Ron Tonks, lOst 131 b (Ashburton) beat T G Cruickshanks. lOst 91b (Dunedin) Welter-weight.—B Woods. lOst 61b (Timaru) beat G Baker, lOst (Ashburton); D. Jones, lOst 6lb (Christchurch) beat T P Wright. lOst 111 b (Wigram) Light-heavy-weight.—W Lister. 12st 21b (Ashburton) beat T Tonks. 12st 51b (Ashburton).