QUICK FINISH

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20112, 5 December 1939, Page 10

QUICK FINISH

CALTAUX K.O'S DAVIS

FOURTH-ROUND VICTORY

DE'VAST ATI NG ATTACK

UNHURT BY LOSER’S BEST

Tlie Auckland boxer, Vic Caltaux, knocked out Jack Davis, Hastings, in the fourth round of a scheduled 10round match at the Opera House last night, showing decided superiority over the game Hawke’s Bay boy, Whose hardest punches never seemed to have the slightest effect. Caltaux made his own pace, and studied his opponent's style for three rounds, after which he attacked with overwhelming confidence, which he justified fully by his immediate victory.

Davis entered the ring rather linedrawn, and fought as he has fought in Gisborne before, gamely and well. His punches lacked their old sting, however. or perhaps it was that Caltaux was less easily troubled than Davis’s previous opponents here. Once the Aucklander turned on the pace there was no room for any doubt about the decision.

The advantage in weight was with Caltaux, his weight being 10.fi and Davis’ 10.0. They opened quietly, with Davis feeling his way carefully and offering very little in the way of a target to his opponent. Caltaux did not launch many blows, and, in fact, there were not many landed in the course of the round.

Davis Works Hard in Second

There was more real work done in the second, Davis doing a lot of the leading, and once getting Caltaux pinned in a corner, where he landed repeatedly with both hands. Caltaux was looking for chances to land heavy blows, but he had none the better of *hc round.

Probably under instructions from his corner, Caltaux began to push the fighting in the third, and he put Davis back on his heels with a left to the body and a right to the side of the head. Davis showed no sign of being bustled, and took his full share of the exchanges, though yielding (he balance of points to his opponent.

Caltaux came out for the fourth full of aggressive spirit, and he worked over Davis with rights and lefts, mostly' hooks, disregarding Davis’ counters and keeping at him until he caught the Hastings boy full with a left to the jaw. The blow was decisive, for though Davis lay on Caltaux for a few moments and recovered sufficiently to fight back, he was a done man. Caltaux Forces Attack Home Caltaux rushed in again and was met by two right-hand punches flush to the face, toult they did not even slow him up. In he went again, and this time he carried Davis into his own corner,' where .he swung a wicked right hook. This time it was “curtains” for Davis, who fell like a log and lay on the canvas long after he was counted out. Caltaux’s showing in the last round of Hie tight was worthy of his reputation as a puncher, and he showed a substantial advance in boxing skill on his last previous display in Gisborne. Davis was not equal to meeting the full force of his attack, once the Aucklander turned it on, and on what the public saw of the two men, it was unlikely that the result would have been any different, though the knockout might have been staved off longer if Davis had been a more calculating boxer. He fought back, trying to meet Caltaux’s attack, and that merely hastened the end. Mr. J. Heeney was the referee.