CHORUS OF PRAISE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26635, 4 December 1947, Page 6

CHORUS OF PRAISE

BRITISH BOXING CRITICS

BOS MURPHY’S PERFORMANCE LONDON, Dec. 2. British boxing writers unanimously praise Bos Murphy’s showing against Petersen. Frank Butler m the Daily Express,-heads his report: “Bos Wins With One Hand.” Butler says that although Murphy put his right hand out of action m the first round, he used his left in a ,manner practised / and preached by old English professors of pugilism, and sometimes as a wicked left hook to the body as employed by ' the fiercer American. school of lighting “I want to see Mhrphy again, . says Butler. “He is a good boxer and proved that he can fight back, but he must be tested against a heavier puncher than Petersen.” The Daily /Mail describes the Murphy-Pefersen bout as the best fight of the night and says Murphy s knock-out punch was the best left hook delivered this season. Johnny McKenna, New Zealand middle weight, who also appeared in one of the preliminaries to the A 1 Phillips-Joseph Preys bout at Albert Hall, was beaten on points by Billy Carroll, a younger brother of Bruce Woodcock. \