BOXING
MANAWATU AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) Palmerston North, September 14
The preliminary bouts of the Manawatu Boxing Association’s amateur chainpionships took place last night. The attendnnee was not large, and the Sport was on the whole rather tame. In tho bantam-weights, M'Kenzio (Napier) had a bye. and Mahoney (Palmerston North) easily defeated Price (Feilding). In the feather-weights D. Canton (Palmerston North) "had a bye, AA'. Allen (Timaru) being unable to make tho weight. Tn the bout between Boncttl (Marton) and "Dillon (Palmerston North) the former won after a fairly strenuous contest.
In the light-weights, Storriek (Napier;, the Hawke’s Bav champion, easily disposed of AV. Allen (Timaru). The fight between Butler (Palmerston North) and Grady (Feilding) awarded to Butter on a foul. Liddell 'Palmerston North) was outfought from the start by F. H. Redward (D»n,nevlrke). Bert O’Keefe (Palmerston North) easily disposed of W. Gosling, jun. (Palmerston North) in the second round. Welter-weights.—Price (Feilding) met. Vaile (Feilding). The. tatter was aggro-’-slve in the first couple of rounds. tn tho third round Price went in to mix matters, but. his defence being weak he was knocked out and could not come up on the call of time. , Middle-weights.—G. Knight (1 eliding) met B. Strange (Palmerston North), and after a strenuous bout gained thq verdict. J. O’Keefe (Palmerston North) mot S. Chatfield (Takapau) and won on a foul in the second round.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 302, 15 September 1921, Page 6
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