HEENEY-SHARKEY FIGHT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3744, 21 January 1928, Page 2

HEENEY-SHARKEY FIGHT.

DOMINION BOXER WtILL DO BETTER. Gisborne, January 18. . i That Tom Heeney was the better man in his fight against Jack Shar- i key, and that in a return match the Gisborne boxer would emerge the victor is the general opinion of the American boxing writers, according *lo the summary of the Press comment received by Mr. I. O’Meara, from a wireless experimenter in the United States. “There has been a great deal of talk about the fight,” said the message, “and it is generally agreed that it was not a first-class performance. The blame for this is generally, laid to Sharkey, who did not / show much pep and fight. “One report said that Heeney % forced, the pace right through the twelve rounds, hit the , New Zealander with everything he had, but the New Zealander took it all smiling, and never seemed to be hurt. The sport. writers agreed i that Sharkey was not the aggres- * sive man who fought Dempsey. He did not seem >to have the same confidence, and was fully extended all' the time. - J * “Everybody, was satisfied that ‘ Heeney could whip Sharkey next y time. The public got the \ worst beating. The people here want murder for their money.”