BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1923, Page 1

BOXING.

GREY.MOUTH, Sept, 10 At the boxing tournament on Saturday night the bout between Eairhall (Australia) 9.12 and Blackburn (Auckland) 10.3, went 12 rounds when there ferce awarded the match to Fairhall who had proved superior, both his hitting and timing being characterised by beautiful judgment. Both men, at times, used exceptionally clever head and foot work. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. SYDNEY', Sept. 9. In the heavyweight championships of Australia Em Shepperd 13.8 (South Australia) heat Waddy 12.7, the holder of the title, in U rounds. Both men shaped clumsily, showing a lack of science, Waddy causing amusement by constantly chaffing his opponent. Shepperd had Waddy in trouble most of the time, and at the 14th round, when Waddy was on the verge of collapse, the referee stopped the fight. .MELBOURNE, Sept. 9. Spargo knocked out Raxter ill the seventh round.

NEW YORK, Sent. 8. Benny Leonard, at Philadelphia, outpointed Johnny Mendelsohn of Milwaukee, in an eight-round bout. RUSH FOR FRIDAY’S CONTEST. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Tex Rickard says the advance sales of tickets for the Dempscy-Firpo fight on September 14 already amount to 100,099 dollars. This is the biggest sale yet recorded. The capacity of the house will nett 1,250,000 dollars. Dempsey gets 27] per cent of the recepits and Firpo 12} per cent. TRAIMING- OPER ATIONS. {Received this day at 9.0 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 8. Firpo and Dempsey are entering the last few days of their training and reports from both camps declare the men arc quite ready. It is interesting to note, however, the dissimilarity of their training. Firpo ultimately dismissed Deforest, his trainer, and surrounded himself with Argententians, chiefly friends, and proceeded to train himself in a completely unorthodox manner, disregarding all outside advice. lie appeared wholly listless fotda.vs together, and then severely battered all his sparring partners, showing a strange, unexcited viciousness. Dempsey on the other hand trained as usual with a retinue of handlers and a fixed daily regime.

Observers declare Dempsey appears better than for the Gibbons tight. THE COMING FIGHT. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 9. While Firpo is hailed as a national hero in Buenos Aires, and municipal pageants are being held in his honor, Dempsey continues the overwhelming favourite here, some opinion being that Firpo’s wide open manner of fighting and inability to use his left hand will make him the victim of a knock out by Dempsey in the sixth round. Rickard claims Firpo is an unorthodox lighter in every sense ot the word and his uuort hodoxy may give him the victory. Spectators of the light lire expected to be one hundred thousand, It mutt, be remembered, comparing the two men, that the Argentinian exceeds Dempsey in weight by twenty pounds. He has a longer reach and is known to be able to assimilate punishment. Firpo’s right wields a terrific power and for men can stand its force. Ho rarely hits straight from the shoulder, however, and mentally the two fighters arc diametrically opposed. Dompsev is keen and alert, while Firpo is sluggish and apparently listless.

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