BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1041, 2 February 1911, Page 6

BOXING.

PLAIN WORDS, BY RUDD. . A VERY DISSATISFIED MAN. . '■ !Ey Telegraph.-Special Correspondent.) Palmerston N., February 1. -■■Wv'Rndd, r-the ; -Ne\v'.'Zealand OTgilist,; passed through' hero to-day on his: way ,' lo Sydney, .via Auckland. . It, will be re- i numbered - that he lost the New Zealand/ championship-recently: at Hastings on- a foul-to Blackmore, of-Australia. In,con-, versation with a -Dominion representative, the New-' Zcalander stated that, as he had been barred fipm figuring here-, for three months, he and the Australian s would settle matters in the. Stadium at, Sydney as soon as-possible. - - . ■ ; "Rudd -has some very' hard things to \ sav of tKe Hawke's Bay Boxing Association. He declares that, on {he occasion of the recent contest' at Hastings, there was fully .£IOOO wagered,. and that iindue favouritism was shown towards hie antagonist. Blackmore, he says, Ml down twice intentionally beforo being hit, and ( should have been. cautioned for his pro, ; Wu're when it was started. .As for the alleged foul, Rudd says that it. was accidental, and a mere flick. After the fight the association met and decidedl that tets wre drawn and their action alto, gether,. Rudd considers, absolutely unHictified He-says,that one person coneiml in the control of the s por su ?; wsted to him in the fight -nith WHcliell that Mitchell should not.be knocked out for Vwraf rounds. Rudd repudiated any SUestkml and knocked Mitchell out. a. |"o g S a" he could.- In conclusion Rudd «vs 'thrt if opportunity offers he wiU . go 5 across to America if he "makes good" m Australia. ■'■.'■.'.

. WENAND IN TASMANIA. The Wenand-Lo Bros', fight has been won and lost, and proved a very easy thing tor Wenand, who rose to great •heiguts in his superiority over his opponent (says the Sydney "Eeleree"). ihe match was for the gather-weight chani-. .pion-ship of Tasmania. After the first round there was no doubt as to the ultimate issue, Wenand being the better maa of the tvo. He-led at every stage, completely out-pointing his opponent, jvhoni he chisod all round the ring. Le Bress footwork, however, was extremely clever, and had ho been as good at attack as he was at detenco on .many, occasions tlie evint would have had a different issue. Wenand tought with plenty ot vigour, and in the twelfth round he floored Lo Bres with a heavy right, and in the fo«rteentk attacked and punished him force about the head and face that his econds skied tho. towel as their man reeled back on the ropes near his cornet before " hc completion °* tu«. round.