Varsity Tourney

Grey River Argus, 29 March 1948, Page 3

Varsity Tourney

DUNEDIN, March 28. The preliminaries in the New Zealand Universities’ Easter tournament boxing championships were fought yesterdav. Abbreviations in results: Auckland. A.U.C.; Wellington. V.U.C.; Canterbury, C.U.C.; Otago, C.U. Results:— Bantam-weight: C. M. Wong (V.U.C.) beat B. M. Dallas (A.U.C.) by a technical knock-out in the first round. Light-weight: M. W. Wishart (V.U.C.) beat C. W. Orr (A.U.C.) on points. R. G. Sellar (0.U.) beat R. E. Seque (C.U.C.) by a technical knockout in the first round. Feather-weight: C. M. Littlejohn (0.U.) beat J. E. Cowell (C.U.C.) on points. A. W. Young (V.U.C.) beat L. M. McNamara (A.U.C.) on points. Welter-weight: A. B. Glengarry (A.U.C.) beat R. M. Miller (C.U.C.) on points. H. R. Gibson (0.U.) beat J. Goldfinch (V.U.C.) on points. Middle-weight: W. I. Wood (C.U.C.) beat E. C. Watson (0.U.) on points. Light-heavyweight: H. M. Harding (0.U.) beat S. Brockett (C.U.C.) on points. US BOXING ASSOCIATION GIVES QUARTERLY RATINGS WASHINGTON, March 26.. The National Boxing Association, in its quarterly ratings, names tne following champions:-- . Heavy-weight, Joe Louis: > l S ht heavy-weight, Gus Lesnevich; middleweight, Rocky Graziano; welterweight, Ray Robinson; light-weig t, Ike Williams; feather-weight, Willie Pep - bantam-weight, Manuel Ortiz, fly-weight, Rinty Monaghan.