BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 7

BOXING.

■'■: UNGFORD- AND MTTEA, .r 'Referring to tho recent boxing contest in which "Saih" Langford knocked out "Sam" M'Vea in the thirteenth round, the Sydney "Referee" says:—'. '."■■ - Features of theoontest.tfere the number bfenort-arm blows landed; also the way in Which' Langford beat the onceterriblo M'Yea tong-arm left hook. The extreme fairness of tlio boxing through-; out calls for special reference; Never once .did transgress tho laws of the. game. Sections of tho crowd certainly did hoot- hero: and there, but there was not-at any moment the slightest justifi-. cation for■ n-hostile demonstration of the mildest kind. M'Vea wont.out to tho count as br.ivo a fellow a 9 ho had proved from the beginning. i Having endured a terrific battering while being forced to and when lying, across the ropes' at the western side of the Square, he dropped before the pounding dealt out, and though apparently done.the man struggled hard against nature in efforts to ■ assume the perpendicular and mako another dash to beat the situation.- To one knee.M'Vea rose, and then tried hard to straighten lip. This as the count reached "oight," but-'twas no use. "Nine, out!" found tho poor fellow beaten, not only through tho punishment which forced him to the floor, but by what lie had bein compelled to endure from the very beginning. 'Most of. the rounds were fiercely contested, and Some Were highly exciting. All tho timo Langford remained cool and his, methods were as- well considered as Was possible, seeing that ho had to deal with.a great general, who was weightier and taller a good deal than himself. •, RUBD-FITZSIMMONS.' . Great interest was centred in the tenround bout, in which "Bill" Rudd, exchampiori heavyweight of New Zealand, opposed the ex-amateur champion of the 'samo'place, in. the person of young "Syd," Fit/simmons at the Stadium on Boxing Day afternoon (says . tho Sydney "Referee").' ... The novice surprised his much" more experienced opponent by outboxing him, and onco early in the second, and last round, by means of a left swing and right uppercut,' had Rudd badly rattled. But he soon recovered, and succeeded, after missing with a couple of wild swing 3 with left and right, in getting homo on the chin-with sufficient force to topplo oyer tho pluoky youngster, whose inexperience caused him to regain Jys feet almost instantly, instead of taking as much of tho count as possible. He was dazed, and therefore an easy mark for his hard-hitting adversary, who set about his man and caused him to visit the floor again and again, when tho referee did the right thing by'stopping the bout and deciding in favour of Rudd. Although beaten, j?itzsimmons .was far from hoing disgraced. He is a plucky lad, who will surely make a name for himself in the near future. It was inexperience that lost'him this battle, and what happened on that occasion should helD to better equip him for future contests.