BOXING.
THE PROSPECTS OF-PORTER. (By Teiegrapli.—Special Correspondent.} ' Hastings, December 9. The contest between "Jim" Hegarty.of Timaru, and "Les" Porter, of Hastings, which is to take place locally on Wednesday. niglit is arousing considerable interest, in Hawke's Bay. The pair : compete for a purse of 50 sovs., and as each con-, testant has a practically unbeaten record, till) result is being keenly anticipated by sportsmen. 'During the course of Inst week Porter had a "try-out" in the pres : ence of thirty or forty Hastings, enthusiasts. He had as opponents .five local boxerii, varying'in weight from.bantams to heavy-weights. Porter, encountered, .these in'' qiriclc l 'successi6ii''nhd 'displayed '.'exceptionally fine condition, as well as the abil-. ity to. deal with a variety of attack. Locally he is a favourite for the oontest, as it is considered that his additional weight will enable him to' score over the scientific' Hegarty. . • • A.WIN FOR DEVITT. At Adelaide on December 2, the New Zealand middle-weight, "Gus" Devitt, defeated "Jack" Willis in fourteen rounds. Willis calling for tile towel.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1619, 10 December 1912, Page 7
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170BOXING. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1619, 10 December 1912, Page 7
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