BOXING

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 12

BOXING

MIRAMAR CLUB

SUCCESSFUL TOURNEY

For its 'opening tournament of the season tho Miramar Boxing Club was rewarded with a packed house in the Capitol Theatre, Miramar, last night. A liist-rate programme had been arranged, and the audience was rewarded with some very exciting contests. The tournament was conducted in the efficient manner customary at Miramar, and altogether the club lias every reason to be satisfied witb its effort.

The otiieials were: —Judges, Messrs. B. -A. Guise and A. G. MacGowan; referee, Mr. ]•:. Perry.

BOUTS DESCRIBED

Two midgets. G. MeXamnra (5.1) and K. Lnveridsie (5.1) opened the programme with a bright little spar, at the end of which McXamara was declared the winner.

Boxing more viciously, and punching harder and more often than lie usually does, J. Meachem (i). 3) showed up weii against C. Mc-Gee (f1.2), and he subjected his opponent to such punishment that the referee stopped the bout midway through the second round.

Two bantamweights, S. Donoghue (5.2) and 11. Dunn (8.0) boxed a bright four rounds. They danced around, throwing punches every round, and at times roused the crowd greatly. Dunn was smart in beating the other boy to the punch spectacularly on occasions, but he had to take some very solid right hand body blows. They staged a grandstand finish, Dunn getting a close decision.

In a contest in which both boys used up a lot oi enemy ineffectually, W. Parris l.!). 13) boat It. Cameron (10.2). It was a six ruiiud bout, and after an even-first round Parris took the points by varying margins in the remainder.

J. C'aunis (10.0) and J. McGurk (10.1) started oIE as it' they were in for a sprfnt instead of a boxing match, but after a couple of laps' they settled down to some varnest but scarcely inspiring efforts at lioxing. Cannis lost the decision through an old. habit of holding off, seemingly for a chance to land a devastating punch—a chance that seldom cornea.

K. Rate (5.0) outpointed V. Hatchard (5.1) in a three-round spar. Coming with a burst in the last of four founds, anil keeping right on top of his man, G. Joyce (8.3) clinched the verdict over D. Simla]] (5.2). When he did punch Simla!! placed and varied his blows better than Joyce, who, however, did all the forcing with fair effect. •

What promised to be a willing contest between the two Miraiuar clubmates, G. Marshall (8.13) and R. Wood (S.B), came to a sudden conclusion at the end of the .second round when the referee stopped the bout on account of Marshall's eyebrow being torn. There was little between the boys up to that stage. Wood was substituting for T: Hoklen, of Palnierston North, who was unable to make the trip on account of an attack of influenza.