BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1925, Page 3

BOXING.

[Australia A N.Z. Cable Associat ion.] BLENHEIM. Dee. 0. In a boxing coniest for tin- New Zealand featherweight ehampionsliip. a purse of £lO.-1. I,in Robinson, of tlisliorne. I lie lioldei. coined a points verdict over Dick Vereoc. of Blenheim, tile challenger. I In-Might going the full distance of lilteen rounds, and rousing a big audience to a rare pitch of enthusiasm. Ii subsequently transpired that Yereoe broke a small bone in bis rigid forearm in tlie fourth round, tint said nothing of it until tin* eurelusioM Ilf tin- fi-'ht. and his pluck in praetieallv ba 11 ling enc-ha nded for It rounds with Ibe champion, despite lie baedi- • ap, making tin- light a fairly even on*-, iias made him a proper hero. SYDNEY. Dee. ti. At the SI odium. Rani Demsky Unecked out llrown. of the Foiled States, in ibeei'ditb round will-out much trouble. .MELBOURNE. Dee. (i. McCarthy outpointed .Mimro. FITNESS WINS. TAC.M ARUNUI. December 7. Nelson McK night (Hamilton) defeated Larry Lasher in the eighth of a lilteen round professional tight. Me.-. Knight stripped very til. but Lasher carried slight flesh. Mclxnight’s height gave him an advantage and he wore Lasher down. Fitness won the match, though Lasher was by no means disgraced. .McKnight showed a much improved style, while Lasher excelled in tlie close lighting blit took punishment in ihe last round.