BOXING.
11V Tl-U.KCIt.U'H —I'I’.MSH ASSN., COPVKICIIT. SLOW BOXING BOLT LON'DON. Sept. 15. Johnny Curley and Phil Bond, eontesting for a purse of five hundred -telling, continued lighting LinoU'lv after the hell at the end of the lltli. round. The referee was repeatedly warning both. In the 12th. mum! he stopped tin' contest.. There wen' strange scenes it! the course of the fight. Curley and Bond fought the first ten rounds slowly. They were so monotonous that- the spectators began to whistle the song “Dear Old Pals." Thereupon oust vigorous fighting 1 cgon. Bond apparently received n low punch, and he fell writhing to the floor. When he recovered Bond nv. lacked Curley furiously, until the end of the round. When the 12th. round began. Bond threw away all restraint, and smashed away with both hands. Curley was astonished at thi-. hut lie then followed Bond's example, and a most exciting struggle ensued. ’lhe pnritsans of both men were yelling encouragemeni. As neither of the pair listened for the la'll at the end of the round, and ns some of the spectators were entering the ring the referee parted the fighters, and del areal it no contest.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1925, Page 3
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196BOXING. Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1925, Page 3
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