THE LEOPARD CHANGES HIS SPOTS

NZ Truth, Issue 1142, 20 October 1927, Page 12

THE LEOPARD CHANGES HIS SPOTS

|| THE powder-puff, pretty boy boxer, Charlie Purdy is no I| || more; in his place has arisen anew and infinitely better j| I| Purdy. jl if Sydney audiences did not appreciate the tap-and-run- 1 1 || away and live-to-fight-ano ther- day tactics of the Auckland- jj i| er. They told him so — in unmistakeable terms. |f ll He had to change or be piled up on the pugilistic scrap- If || heap. || If So he changed, and in doing so he turned almost a if If complete somersault — that is the impression gained after If || hearing his mill with Pilkington on the air. f| f| The bout found two willing lads matched and it was a If fl thriller all the way. || 1 1 But of Purdy, not of the fight; just fancy, if you can, h [| Charles being dubbed "Fighting Charlie." That is just how If If matters stood last week. » || || The crowd yelled for him months back to get in and |j If fight — against Pilkington they yelled again, but this time it |f j | was in appreciation. If ll It is wonderful how the leopard can change his spots! ifjl !snmiumMimi«HHMiHiiiiim)uminmiiiHiii!nmimiMMii"H»iHiMi