BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 908, 30 August 1910, Page 7

BOXING.

KUDD'AND GRIFFEN TO MEET.' 'Tho-Hastings Boxing Association has Arranged a m'atch for a jmrso of .£SO between \V. Rudd, amateur lieu'vy-wcight champion'of Wellington, and Jas. Griffen, the well-known New Zealand heavyweight, on September 9. Eudd is receiving his training at tho hands of H. Itichards, at the - Newtown Pastimes Club. . ' ' ■" , "BILL" LANG ON..TEFFBIES.., Describing' (.he Jeffries-Johnson contest, Lang, tho Australian champion heavyweight, writes interestingly as follows :— "The match is over. Moro shame to Jeffries to gull the public. When ho entered the ring I' thought he was going to faint, and on speaking ray mind I was just' pitied for my ignorance of the ■ man. When he shaped up, well, I never got such n shock in my life. If Kill Squires' had met ■ Jeffries, Squires would have been an idol for life, .and still the betting was 2 to 1 on Jeffries, Johnson seemed very nervous in the first ground, but soon got .Teft'ries's measure, and beat him as he liked. If Jeffries was once the greatest boxer living, he is now the greatest 'dub' ever seen. .He could not box a novice. All lie "did throughout the contest was to clinch and hold for dear life. He would not take a chance, and have a hit —just bung there till drubbed, and then quit. , It was- the worst contest I liave over "witnessed in any city. I meet Kctchell on August 12, and I hope the Australian ilag will bo flying over the Stars and Stripes from tho ring side after the match. It'will not be my fault if the order is reversed."-