BOXING.

NZ Truth, Issue 127, 23 November 1907, Page 6

BOXING.

Hanley v. Godfrey.

;Tho Wellington Boxing rA'sso;ta!tipn have certainly: to be commended for their progressiyeness, as against that • <>t the associations m the other cent Ires. The W.B.A. liave beeri responsible 'for the meeting of Hock Keys and Tracy, Bob Turner and Tracy, Godfrey and Gosling and now it has brought over Tommy Hanley, the crack feather-weight of Sydney, ito try, : conclusions with, Godfrey, who some months back wrested the professional feather-weight championship of the Dominion from Gosling.

Hanley and Godfrey meet at the Opera House on the evenine; of November 25 m a fif teener ound and a: very willing and scientific exhibition of the nohle art will surely be- .given. Hanley comes from Sydney with a great reputation. He is as agile as a monkey, and the cog? noscenti- of< .the. Harbor City pro-' claim him a second Grriffo. He arrived m Wellington on Thursday last, aM set to 'training;., almost imaaediately. • '

Godfrey has already settled down to steady training. He is m fine fettle and intends to give a good account of himself, indeed, those who know think. Hanley will have to shift some. Undoubtedly Godfrey is a clever and aggressive boxer, and this fact, m conjunction with Hantey's well-known abilities m the hempen, arena, all go to emphasise the fact that, the (battle this pair will put on will be worth travelling miles to wit-ness.

The Hanlcy-Grodfrey contest will not be the whdle programme. Thanks To the courtesy of Superintendent Hugo, Tom McGibbon, an Australian light-weight, now attached to the Fire Brigade staff, and who has a number of pugilitic scalps at his belt, will spar six rounds with Wellington's own Tim Tracy, and Tim, according to all accounts, will have to look after himself. .