CONDITION WAS WRONG

NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 12

CONDITION WAS WRONG

After A Long Spell They Need Couple of Fights

Boxers are very much akin to racehorses— they cannot go out on a long spell and then come back and give their T?,est m their, first outing. .

For a heavyweight fight it was a remarkably "fast affair.

MANY/ have tried and nearly as many have found jit impossible to get the •'. necessary condition to do the job properly. , ' '

Last week at Palmerstbn another ", of the brethren lost. . This Svas Eddie Parker. Parker of two years, ago . was good enough to get contests all over the Dominion.

At one stage , he was going so well that the Sydney stadium- people cabled, for him to. come over and meet Harry Collins on Derby night." '

But for the lasT twelve months he has been m the pugilistic' cupboard, and that long absence from the ring told severely. against him when he stepiDed" out against. Jim Broadfoot last week.

Jim, with two or ••' three fights under his. belt, stripped m superb conditionParker Was as fat as a publican. ,

Broadfoot oozed confidence, and, when he found he had it on Eddie for pace, he did not hesitate to go m and take a double-sized hold of his, advantage. ■ ; ' ■-;.;• .'•■ " ■■; '■ -. - ;

He threw punches. all! ways, and quite a number of them were not

point scorers.' . His left hand was far. too often open when it landed, .and; 1 the , resulting smack, though it made; a lot of noise and was -pei'haps =• a : source: of annoyance to Parker, did. not 'deserve any-, thing more than a severe caution. '■.:

Parker, at the outset, put all his faith, and ; his 'weight, .into / his right glove, trying his darnedest to .get tine home that' would end i% early.' •

One or two' did land on the target, bu£ Broadfoot is . a hardy gentleman and he replied m kind.

When "Truth"- last saw Barker his best' punch was his left hook, but .last week he; did not— l or perhaps it is more correct to say he 'could not-^-use it. '

He wasted: his condition m his effort to get home to bed before half -past nine, and then, his condition started to fail, he could not pick that left hand lip.

There was never any loafing, ' and many a, more dismal and slower contest has been' fought m the hall by men weighing two scone less. Brpadfoot oozed confidence, and, really, on last week's display there seems to be a future for him. He is a well-built lad, has reach and what is more important a good share of brains. ' ' • ■ . •■'■■.' This was his most important fight to date and he came through the o.rdeal well — even after allowing m for Parker's unfltness over the .last five rounds. He will now most probably challenge Eddie for his titles— the light heavy and the heavy— and there should- not be agreat deal of trouble m getting the bout . staged. - t -,.. ... Double Role ' DOBBY PEARCE, who won the scull- *> mg -title at the Olympic Games,, is also something of a boxer. Before he took .to , the. oar-pulling business he had ideas of being a fighter. - •■.,,,■;. ••■; :; ' -■■ .' ■■: - ; - r : . ■ : ."; ;' i Pearce was to be a competitor m the heavyweight division. ;at the amateur championships in< Sydney the .other day.;. \ ■..■ ■•.•;■•■.•• ;■;..'- ;-■■:;.■ ■•;;. - ; ..■ ; ■„. ■...:■

For Palmerston ■ . TH E Nlahawatu Association bas ; been :;*■■ desirous of getting Johnnie Leckie to the burg and now it has succeeded. Leckie was asked if he would fight •Harry, Whybrow, In Palmer.ston on November. 21iand f he has sent his acceptance. :\\:' ..•■■;:■■..,. ,\'. ■ '".''''..;■■, ■■.■•■.■' Whybrow will be. pleased to get a start here.' Leckie's reputation is hot likely to scare Whybrow, for ,he, met all the best' in Sydney and Melbourneincluding Billy Grime.