FISTIANA.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4452, 11 August 1922, Page 1

FISTIANA.

(By Cestus.) At the weekly class of the Paeroa Athletic Association last week I noticed some likely material in the boxing class. The scientific side seems, so far, to be confined to the lighter divisi ms. With good training and careful handling some of the boys would go fan. , The New Zealand Amateur Championships are over, and the New Zealand representatives for Australia chosen. Auckland secured three decisions put of the North Island’s fpur, namely, feather, welter, and middle. C. Purdy, last year’s bantam champion, annexed the featherweight crown this year. R. Neale, also r. last year’s champion, retained the middle, and F. Hansen, a newcomer, the heavy titles.

Two of Auckland’s professionals have matches this week-end —A. Pooley fighting C. Whitaker at New Plymouth on the 12th, and L. Cadman fighting B, McCleary for the New Zealand light-heavyweight Championship at Christchurch on the 11th (to-day). Cadman had extremely bad luck when he K O’d McCleary in three rounds a few months ago, for the championship was not then at stake.

A leading sports medium quotes the following “J. O,’Brien, who ,had the decision given against him in his recent match with Brown will, if the pair are re ,matched, gain the verdict. He is a clever boxer, and it was only his slowing down that lost him the decision, wrong as it was.” F, Hansen, the amateur. N.Z. Welter Champion, is a pupil of Cadman’s school. Cadman’s pupil did decidedly well at. the championship meeting.

It is stated that no mill of recent times has come up to that provided by Jack Keenan and Paul Hannah recently. From the fourth round onward the audience was continually on its feet cheering the participants the echo.

Critics in England forward the following item of news :—Both Carpentier and Lewis did enough tp earn disqualification in the 2% minutes of fighting. Had the referee declared “no contest ” all genuine sportsmen would have approved of l the action. Fighting fans eyeing the cables during the last few weeks will have noticed .that matches .are proposed fpr Dempsey with Willard, Brenan and Greb, to take place before Christmas. Will’s challenge Was in first, why make him wait twelve months for a slap at the title while Dempsey settles “pigeons”? Willard was decisively beaten at Toledo, Brenan was knocked out twice; as for Greb, he is a clever boxer without a punch. Wills has twice beaten Brenan and knocked out Tom Gibbons twice, while Greb earned his decision over Gibbons on points over 15 rounds.

The question arises, Is Dempsey purposely delaying the Wills bout ou the chance of gaining a 'big purse or is he afraid that the “Brown panther of New Orleans” will deprive him ul his crown ? The colour-line has been withdrawn : then why should Dempsey collect “dough." without risking his crown by hammering setups when there is (according to his own words) what he wants —a “real dlukum go”—at his call.