BOXING

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1930, Page 5

BOXING

CARNERA WINS. IN ONE ROUND. W, (United Press Association— By Eleotrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, Primo Camera, the 'giant Italian boxer, weighing 269 i pounds,-' t6-day .the, ;s(iMecl. 209 fe In the first, round Camera Vj|won the contest by a knock-out almost immediately. iri. •? !.. I j:| Peterson slapped the giant Lfcglian dnftlm face, .'aftep; which MP arne, s?f °P* eued up with terrific lefts, and..) he dropped Peterson four, times, H The fourth < time Peterson ’./was dropped proved to be the finish. - Twenty thousand spectators witnessed the fight. . " SPECTATORS AMUSED. NEW YORK, January; 24. At the fight, the spectators, who had been hoping that the fight would show some indication of Camera’s actual ability, treated fhe outcome for the most part of a joke. •Peterson did nothing but bounce up mid down from the canvhs for a-brief time, and then remained down. (However, the sports writers indicated|«heir surprise that Peterson withstood a.s many blows as he did, for the Dalian demonstrated that he has terriffic power, and he showed speed and .agility surprising in one of his weight. HAINES BEATS f SYDNEY a January 136 Andersen )'(10:tlf)) if middleweight, showedl -great!# improved form in a return match against the Australian at the Sydney Nevertheless the American was outclassed The local man gave the better display, timing his ari(| dodging the American’s-Lwiid Ib'rdshesf-i bmlliahtly. Anderson was down twice in theDliird round, and in the sixth he was floored four times. The referee then stopped the fight and gave the decisfon'i|; to Haines. . y;