BOXING

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4428, 18 March 1930, Page 2

BOXING

I >OXOVAX MIX’S FROM SAIMtON ON A FOUL.

A severely punished man, Tommy Donovan, of Taranaki, was given the verdict when Pete Sarron, of America, was disqualified for using lhe rabbit punch at New Plymouth mi Saturday, 'flic decision ended one of the most thrilling boxing Contests ever seen in this country. Tt was n tig-lit in the full sense of the word. The New Zealander by medium of a lance-like left, held his own creditably until the end of the sixth round. Then Sarron, who had taken his opponent's measure, cut loose, and with sledge-hammer blows to the solar plexus, put Domivnii down three times. The torrid seventh round was given a dramatic ending |>v the referee suddenly hoisting Donovan’s right hand in token of victory as he lay beaten almost to insensibility against the ropes. The referee declared that he had-disqualified the American for delivering a foul blow to tin* hack of the head. The most surprised man on the Held was Donovan, while the American, spent by his tornado-like attack, leant his arms on the top strand of the ropes and wept like a little child. Ti was a most surprising ending to a stirring spirited fight.