BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1924, Page 3

BOXING.

VCKTtm LIAN A.-iri N.z. OAIII.E ASSOtIATION. WILLS WINS ON POINTS. NKW YOI! K. Sept. 11. In a. twelve round contest. Wills pained the experts’ decision over Ki rpo. NKW VO I! K. Sept. 12. In .ler.-cy City, on Boyle’s Thirty Acres, the seeim of file I>empsey-t'ar-peiitier liphl. Wills dt’eisively defeated Kirpo in twelve rounds. Tim New Jersey law forbids a referee’s dixision, but there is little loom for doubt tlial Wills outclassed Kirpo. T lie lornmr landed the nlTeuer. and hi.- blows were far the deadlier. There seemed lo Im a distinct undercurrent of Im trod between tlm tiphtors, partly due to tlm dilforonee in colour, and partly because each had venomously. belittled tlm other's ability. Wills' riiip taeties eoiitiimoiisly 1-111-loitnded bii'pe's lumherinp attacks. Wills paniely imposed liiniselt to I* iron s weak hit-, toil Im promptly 1 limbed whenever tie Arpenl ililiiu endeavoured to shift his powe' lul riplit. W ill-, iuini ial.lv lauplm.l w hen Im was doinp this, aid it '•limped llm A.rpciitiniaii.

Kiipe repeatedly l"--t his temper, tlm: ex t j-iup him-.elf l 1 a swift at tack. The experts peiieiall.v .awarded W ill: each of t!i“ twelve rounds. heenu.-'i Kirpo o! vioitsiy fmeplit on the defen -i\m tln oup;hoiit.

The early rounds -aw caution-', liphtinp. I'irpo Insitaled to appJy h*~rea test force blows. Im hoi Up obviously 1:11 vv i11i• ■; ■ to he eanpht oil his balance. Novel the!'.- dinni blows were belli;; constantly exelianped. Wills, in the fn'.irlli round ll ioie.l Kirpo for a « ounL el foil'-. The A I'pclit illia 11. however, rose un-liakeii. and lie proceeded methodically. tllollph wearily. The tiphters l M l lie ii 11 Ii round were near exhaustion. They clinched repeatedly. Neither was ;! rikitip a I low in t lie olinehc-. I lie •-.ixth round ■■a'.v !•'irt*•, at ih se 'iuart t • "• ape Vl dis' savape re-.' 1 '. Kir;;" him "h : «wildly i:i the

7,!, \vij!.. ill I Imi,hi with aI• 1 ■ ‘ uf I'Piv.s to th" i-oi Fii [>■» way vain- |, V |.,|.,|.m. fri;• ai; 11j•- Ii 11';- I Itimaielv I "iri..l manag'd to'land a -will rig!.!, tail Wills tiiiii danced away. la the edith. Eitpo again sbllten |j.,t Will-., s 1 l»i)in.close, poum.ed |. j ijiu's Indy ni'Tiil 'S-I.v. lie puni-l";'' |. ;,p , in the .dim Ill'S, laughing at tne Argentinian’s futile right swing-. I'irp,i. r during the renmining roimils l.eeame more i rratie. and went more on I lie ib'fi'ilsive. hut lie was vainlv sce,,in I'iir a chance to deliver his terrific Xo'ciIANCE AGAINST DEMPSEY. NEW VOHK, Sept. 11. Although Wills easily otitp dnted Kirpo, it i- scarcely believed that he i..|ihi!"'iTs Dempsey’s tenure ol the id'iampion-hip. Experts and laymen !l} ,i-,.e tliat neither has a chance againci Demjisey.