BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1925, Page 4

BOXING.

WIX L-TUt 1.. .MCDONALD. II'STUAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAIII.K ASSOCIATION IH X K DIN. May IS. At His .Majesty’s la-t evening. a pa"!,ed house watched a great professional IA-rotm I Lout h.'tween Itughie l)wyc-r tAitstralia.. and Lsvliit- .McDonald tNew Zealand mul-Ili-weighl t-lmin-liioii). for a pear.-e of £lo't. After three -pint" I]• t elimi na ries the principal e,.n-U-sianls a p pea re i their weights licit:;: given as Dwyer 1 > stone and .McDonald H).DU. 1! ewe , pelted lev hath men sparring easily. Dwyer c e.si-Untl.v scoring with the hit am! it ended with honours in In's lavour. The second was ait um-ventnd roam; ■ i;t, ike , e-Wi n that. McDonald Cltempte I to lor- e things somewhat neither man having much advantage when the l'o'.md terminated. Hound three - c- in favour of Mellon,!,! in that Im did the hulk of the lender.', soring prim i tat ily wuli hiright. This, imwever. tsoemed to trumle Dwver little. , ;| aiompts l.y McDonald to t,l clo-e quart Is ii, ill- 'em til. fill'll and sixth rounds were l're-li'ated l.v Dwver. the former managing to firing his inii'.'ht ing tte tec to hear on!'. •| i.e -eventh round was lull -n incident. the local man soring repeatedly with a hefty right. Hound eight was uneventful, whilst rninth, round favoured McDonald, who held Ids | nni'hiiig right moving. which, allied to id- extra stone iii weight - keit Dwyer mi the dci«-n----[n t he ;eiii!i round. alth--it"h .McDonald worked hard, the Au-tralianV most futile. Ho'iii'l eh-ve-i saw n it her man with coy advantage, and. aIH.oU--.li D-yc re eived a slightly grtoted eye. the lr r oars were e 'en. Hound twelve seemed to lie the -New Zealander's. It - successor the devil’s round was sadly misnamed, as it wo devoid of incident. Dwyer' left was pi-eminent, in the 1 Dim. luit scented to he wanting in power. The la.-l. round was tamer than the general run of final rounds. I lie referee’s de isit.n was in favour ol McDonald.