BOXING

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 94, 7 October 1938, Page 2

BOXING

GREAT PROFESSIONAL FIGHT C'liOWA THRILLED There was a fair attendance at the boxing tournament held by the Opotiki Boxing Association in the Regent Theatre on Wednesday night, and those who were fortunate enough to attend had a great treat when they witnessed a brilliant display ef boxing in the professional bout between Young Giido and Vie Caltaux. The preliminary amateur bouts pleased the • crowd ■ and after witnessing the big fight of the night, v boxing enthusiasts went away very well satisfied with the evening’s performance. Mr J. O’Sullivan junr. was the referee. The amateur bouts resulted as follows :

Battling Snell (Opotiki) 10-12 met McLean (Waiawa) 10.11. Snell opened the round by landing with his 'left and right and McLean scarcely landed a blow .during the round being content to wait for liis opponent. In the second round McLean took the fight to his opponent and Snell did a lot of missing. A whirlwind attack by McLean. at the end of the round made things interesting. The final round was rather poor one but McLean managed to land to his opponent’s face a few times. Snell won on points.

J. Robinson (Opotiki) 10.4 met Ilurron (Whakhtane) 10.8. This was an exceptionally good bout. Hurren lead off but Robinson made him miss continually and got home several good blows. Robinson bored into his opponent in the middle round. Hurren was a trycr but Robinson continued to in abb him miss badly by very good footwork. The last round whs rather quiet and Robinson got a highly popular verdict.

R. Lake (Opotiki) found himself up against an older and more experienced boy in L Clarke (Hamilton) 8.6. The opening round was very even with both hoys fighting at a distance. Lake relied chiefly on his left. Clark appeared to’ be a stronger boxer and in the second round had Lake fighting a retreating battle. The round however was a very lively one. In the final round the Hamilton boy had the better of the exchanges and landed repeatedly to Lake’s face. The decision to Clarke was a popular one. Geo. Lysaght (Opotiki)' 10.0 met Nicholson (Hamilton.) 10.4. Lysaght started off aggressively hut his op ponent appeared to be rather inexperienced and Lysaght- immediately started to ease off and spare his man. The Opotiki hoy indulged in a spar for the rest of the bout kept tapping the Hamilton hoy who was incapable of landing a hard blow. Lysaght von on points. Presentations MEde. At this stage, the president. Mr T. G. Johnson, presented trophies von at previous tournaments-. The next bout was between L- Dennett- (Opotiki) 11.10 and Mailer ‘J\ li'ikatane) 11.7- Dennett appeared to be in fine condition and did most of the attacking but there wars no serious fighting in the first round. The second was easily Dennett’s round the Opotiki hoy drawing blood and towards the end of the round was sparing his man unnecessary punishment. Dennett opened quietly in the last- round hut towards the end went for A\ allcr and piled on the points. Waller was a very game loser and managed to get homo several good blows. Dennett wan on points. Hob Akurangi (Wainua) 11.6 lost to A. Henry (Wliakatane) 10.9. Akurangi started off' with several rights to the jaw and got the better of the exchanges. The second round was more even with _Akurnngi showing signs of tiring at the -end of t-lio round. The AVhakatane hov secured the advantage in the final round which was quite a good one. The verdict to Henry on points was not- a popular one. During the interval. Mr Johnson thanked those who attended and expressed regret that it- had not- been possible to give notice earlier of such an outstanding .professional bout ns they were putting on that night- He explained the reason for the non-at-tendance of McKay and 1' innigan. Young Giido had offered to take McKay’s place as a special favour and lie thanked the two boxers for filling the breach for them. The contest, which was a catchweight one was between Young Giido ('Honolulu) and Vic Caltaux ('Auckland) was of IJ} 3-iuinute rounds. Itwas evident from the -start that fqllowers were going to see a 'marvellous display of scientific methods of Young Giido proved to! be

unorthodox and he showed amazing defensive ability. Caltaux started off by leading to Giido but found he was trying-to hit a “will-o’ : the-wisp”. Giido appeared to be summing up Caltaux in this round. -Soon' after the start of the second round Caltaux was sent down through' the ropes but was spon on his feet. Giido was giving an astonishing performance and liis movements were like lightning. 'The manner in which lie dodged blows aimed at his head was a treat to watch and the crowd ‘ showed warm appreciation. The onlookers remained keenly excited as Giido simply played with Caltaux- in the third round, Caltaux was obviously puzzled a« how best to hit his elusive opponent. Giido continued to doas he pleased in the fourth round and deliberately left openings for Caltaux and then cleverly evading the blows. Suddenly Oalt-aux took a. sharp blow to the side of the head and went down stretched on his face and it looked as if the fight , was over. The referee was very generous in liis count and to the relief, of the crowd Caltaux showed signs of reviving at the count of six and was on liis feet before tho count of nine. The. fifth round was more even an'cl Caltaux got home several good blows., Giido appeared to lie taking his time-..at this-stage. Caltaux was coining off worst in the infighting and,'showed several marks on the body. -There were several good rallies in the. sixth round v and Giido deliberately let Caltaux strike him repeatedly on the head. Caltaux showed up much, better in the seventh rounds and landed some hard knocks hut Giido proved to he a tough man and able to take punishment both to the head and the body. This was the Aucklander’s round. Caltaux fought furiously in the first half of tho eigth round and then Giido took the offensive and -chased him all over the ring. Giido was more aggressive in the ninth round and made several two-fisted attacks but Caltaux was very fit- at this stage and took all that was going. The final round was a real thriller with Caltaux boring into his opponent continuously and Young Giido fighting back as hard as he could. Caltaux put up- a great finish and demonstrated that he is\at- his best when really going for his man’. The big difference in weight—said to *be seventeen pounds in the Aucklander’s favour—was telling against- Giido at tlio end of the fight. - In the last few rounds Caltaux was * holding Gildo’s hands and the latter had difficulty in pulling them away when trying to break. There was loud applause when Giido secured the verdict on points and cheers were given by the crowd. Messrs B. Mulhern and G. Lysaght officiated in Caltaux’s corner and V. Mulhern acted as second to Young Giido. Messrs G. Murray and J- O’Sullivan sour, acted as judges. Air C‘. Morris gave every satisfaction as announcer.