BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 587, 16 August 1909, Page 9

BOXING.

:- ; v:,:' TJNHOLZ,y.; TRACT. '-,v .;: ..'■■ : Interest-is.keen in boxing circles in. "conned-' tion with 'the''battle on Wednesday evening bet\vfl9'it?;Unhblz, : ''.i.the" South-. African, .and Traqy^.: '■ of Wellington,; for' r the professional light-weight "championship. , of fiow Zealand. Judging , by-the.'rariid/rate,at which the scats •are being.takon,;,the;bookings will*casily'..con-BtitutePnot.only-a local reoord.but a national ■record; ibi': a., boxing confest.. :In addition ..to repre9antatiy<is .-fvoiii.. ivaTious executives ■•■ in .both islands',' numbers of: keen entlnisiasts in : other,ilistricts have,writton asking that seats .be .reserved.' for them; •'■''!■■!' : ' '. "Unholz states that he is in the best of fettle, and is .'.codfident that he can win. Kvei , on the move, he' makes a specialty of in-fighting, 'at ;.which.he -is -a past master. •■ In .regard. to those , who'.conjecturetliitt lie may be put out on a-foul; ho declares that'they.: are quite un■necessarily,/ alarmed;" >: When.' they have seen what., clean,' oloso boxing really means, they • will;, he'-asscrta,. share: his view -that'it' , is the stylo -that :should' W cultivated. '■ , .•■-

-On .the other. liandpTracy. feels that ho will' be able to ;.do Sample-'-justice to ''himself. Whilst admitting, that tho visitor .will require, all. his. :attention, ho hopes .to beat,him .at his own game: ;Although Tim .is not.so young as ho ■used tot-.be," ho ifow claims to be riper in'cxperience, and quite, as .fast as. over'he was. If'he -wins,., aiid,there' ore many who support '"his: chances,. It' \vill..bo.n .great feather in ■ his , Cap.-ii'-M •■','! ''■-/,:;)';_ '■':■ - "' ''"■■ .-■■'■•'■•■.■ ■•" ■ Prior,to. the bis event, there will be several ouvtain-raisors,' wiiicli should'.provide interesting boxing! Two diiiiiuutive.'boxers from the •Wellington Training School—Hanify and Wood —will show that, theyhavo made promising progress , in-. the/art,v ; From : the same, institution; another pair, ->S.-Konalilson-and -.IV■ Hutton, both of .whom are capable lads,: will , try conclusions. .In. addition, there will bo.contests between. .Sliicjds,. 'of ! Palmcrstori'. North,'-' :and,.Coward,: of' Wellington, and Morris, ' of, Levin/!aud' Murphy,' of Wellington. .