BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1920, Page 4

BOXING.

The greatest boxing attraction ever staged iu Westland will take place on Easter Tuesday night at tile Princess Theatre, commencing at 8.45 o’clock, immediately after the arrival of the express from Christchurch. The main contest is a fifteen round go between Prank O’Neill of Runanga and Gus Venn of Auckland. Prank O’Neill’s record in the ring is well-known to fame all over New Zealand and needs little boosting here, while Gus Venn who is practically one of the mo*st talk cd of light-weights at present in the country, although he comes practically as a. stranger to Hokitika folk. His record is a. most brilliant one both in New Zealand, Egypt, London and France, and to boxing men this is a well known fact. Gus Venn was New Zealand’s feather-weight champion prior to enlisting and since his return alter five years of active service he has shown his ability to uphold his past record. He met Peter Cook,'New Zealand’s lightweight champion whom he defeated on points in a fifteen round contest. Some few weeks later he met Len Robinson, N.Z. feather-weight champion and knocked him out in the eleventh round. Three days later he met the well-known Auckland boxer, Billy Olliver and knocked him out in a few rounds. By his decsion in these contests Venn has proved himself a hard man to beat and Prank O’Neill will no doubt find out that he is up against the toughest proposition of his life. O’Neill is training hard at his quarters at Runanga under the capable supervision of Bill Codman, which is sufficient to say that O’Neill will step into the ring at the top of his form.