ONE-SIDED BOXING

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 262, 4 August 1942, Page 2

ONE-SIDED BOXING

Griffin Outpoints Brown A BADLY-MATCHED PAIR With a decided advantage in height and reach, and nearly a fiitene in weight, young Jim Griffin outpointed Billy Brown in a lightweight professional boxing contest in the Town Hall, Wellington, last night. They were not a well-matched pair, as Griffin scaled 10.3 J to Brown’s Employing a crouch, Brown kept boring in throughout the contest in an attempt to land a right cross to -the head, but Griffin played a veritable tattoo of straight lefts to the face, which piled up points. Brown did some clever head-weaving and ducking, and took all that was coming to him in order to get in close. He did land a few rights to the head occasionally and had his heavier opponent troubled a few times, but Griffin boxed coolly and skilfully and showed clever footwork. He had a. good smother, and also did better at the in-fighting. Brown deserved credit for making a fight of it, but he was up against too heavy odds and a cleverer hoxer. Griffin lasted the better of the pair, and from the ninth round onward had the better of the exchanges. A fairsized house enjoyed the? contest. Mr. P. Stone was the referee. Amateur Preliminaries. J. McKenna (Railways), 10.1, outpointed E. Willetts (Hedberg’s). 10.134, In a -willing bout; R. March (Army), 9.2, a southpaw, proved himself a clever and fast twohanded boxer in outpointing L. Mulholland (Newtown), 9.1; T. A. Downes (Palmerston North), 11.13, the well-known cricketer, used a suappy left hook to good effect in outpointing F. Martin (Petone), 11.11, in a bout in which there was plenty of action; N. Woods (Hedberg’s), 5.9, outpointed W. Isaacs (Galley’s), S.S. in a brisk little spar; W. Taylor (Galley’s 1 ), 6.11, outipointeu D. McDonald (Newtown), O.o*. in such a spirited bout that a shower ol •pennies fell into the ring; L. Philp (Railways), 8.9. beat R. Hawes (Heretaunga), 8.8, in a very even contest, in which born men showed speed. Captain P. (1. Thomson was the rereret, and the judging during the evening was done by .Captain C. .1. Davis and Mr. U. p. Soiumerville.