THE RING.

Otago Witness, Issue 4032, 23 June 1931, Page 48

THE RING.

BOXING CARNERA BEATS REDMOND KNOCK-OUT IN FIRST ROUND. NEW YORK, June 15. At Brooklyn Camera, 19st 91b, knocked out Pat Redmond, of Australia, 17st 81b, in the first round. Redmond never had a chance. With almost his first punch Camera lauded a hefty right and put his opponent down for a count of eight, and from then on Redmond was rocking on his heels. The Italian swarmed all over him, never giving him a chance to get set. Camera pushed the fighting from the bell and came out throwing punches, the result never being in doubt after he connected with the first blow. Jack Sharkey, the Boston heavyweight, who was originally scheduled to meet Carnera in to-night’s programme, climbed into the ring and congratulated the winner as Redmond’s seconds worked frantically to revive their man. WALKER RELINQUISHES TITLE. NEW YORK, June 19. Mickey Walker, middle-weight champion of the world, to-day informed the New York State Athletic Commission that he could not make the weight, and would relinquish the title. He will probably be matched with Jack Sharkey this slimmer.

NOVICE TOURNAMENT SOME WILLING CONTESTS. Nearly 590 people gathered in Fuller’s Hall on Tuesday evening to witness the novice boxing tournament of the Otago Boxing Association. As was only to be expected, several of the bouts were anything but scientific, but the boxers ir. almost every instance were willing to mix matters, and some interesting fights re suited. The following are the results: — FLYWEIGHT. C. Blee 7.10 beat B. Marks 7.10. Final. Blee beat Cannon. Both boys fought well, punching freely with both hands. Cannon was the stronger and more experienced of the two, and he landed some telling blows to the jaw, but Blee scored with nice rights to the heart. In the final round Blee started with a rush, but he tired as the round went on. He continued to land well-timed blows to the face and body, however, and secured the verdict by a narrow margin, his final spurt being the deciding factor. BANTAM-WEIGHT. J. Brosnan 8.3 beat J. Maries 8.0. F. C. Andrews 8.4 beat R. Sutherland 5.2. R. Smyth 8.4 beat A. B. Coutts ,8.4. Final. Smyth beat Brosnan. Smyth was the more experienced of the two, but Brosnan stood up to him well during the first two rounds. Both came out looking fairly fresh for the last round, which was well contested. Brosnan scored with good lefts to the fact, but Smyth carried the fight more to his man, an 1 won the decision, which was not popular with a section of the crowd. Andrews withdrew. FEATHERWEIGHT. H. Montgomery 9.0 beat R. Wilson 8.12. R. Lloyd 9.0 beat F. Sanderg 9.0. W. Spence 8.13 beat J. M’Murray 9.0. Semi-final. > Montgomery beat Lloyd.

Montgomery was a bit too confident in the first round, and Lloyd caught him napping once or twice. In the -second round Montgomery woke up, and scored freely with both hands to the face. Lloyd was not one whit daunted, and fought back well, the two standing toe to toe at times and trading punches. In the third round Lloyd went down twice, and two lefts, one to the stomach and another to the head, finished him off. As they left the ring both boys received a great ovation for the game manner in which they had fought. Final. Montgomery beat Spence. Although he had appeared in two previous bouts Montgomery came into the ring vefy fit. He and Spence staged a very even contest during the first two rounds. In the final Montgomery was the more aggressive, though Spence stood up to him well, but the former’s attack in this session swayed the balance in his favour. LIGHT-WEIGHT. W. Didham 9.7 beat F. Allan 9.8. A. J. Hay 10.0 beat W. Grant 9.8. A. Lang 9.10 beat W. Griffiths 10.0. Semi-final. Hay beat Lang. Hay was the more aggressive of the two, scoring with both hands to the head. Over the first two rounds Lang was content to fight mainly on the defensive, landing an occasional left to the face and backmoving. The last round was more willing, but Hay, although he stopped several hard blows, still had the better of things, and won a good contest by a fairly narrow margin of points. Final. Hay beat Didham. Didham opened with something of a rush, but Hay Quickly cams back, and,

after driving his man round the ring, finished him off with a couple of rights to the jaw. WELTER-WEIGHT. V. Condon 10.6 beat C. Hunter 10.7. Hunter went down from a left to the jaw early in the first round, in which Condon had a decided advantage. In the second round Hunter fought much better, landing well with a left to the face, though Condon was easily the fitter of the two. Hunter was very tired over the last round, but he carried the fight to Condon, who, however, was never hurl and won on points after a ragged display. MIDDLE-WEIGHT. T. Chettleburgh 10.8 beat A. Brown 11.4. Brown was the cleaner puncher of the two, but Chettleburgh was the more aggressive. The first round was fairly even, but in the second Chettleburgh had bis man on the ropes, and after Brown had been down twice his second signified that his man had had enough, WRESTLING. WALKER DEFEATS LURICH. HASTINGS, June 16. By obtaining a fall in the seventh round against Lurich last evening. Walker succeeded in maintaining his unbeaten record. The bout was very strenuous, too much so towards the end, when the referee (Ike Robin) had to intervene to prevent the pair from a rough-and-tumble fight. Lurich used the body scissors to great effect, but Walker's strength prevailed. The Drill Hall was crowded.

ARRIVAL OF PROFESSIONALS. AUCKLAND, June 15. By the Niagara, which arrived from Canada this afternoon, came the first contingent of overseas wrestlers who will appear in New Zealand this season. The party comprised the Mormon, Tom Alley, Stanley Pinto, the “Nebraska Wildcat,” and Harry Demetral, a countryman of John Kilonis. Also on the boat was King Elliott, the Auckland policeman, who went to America last year with Alley to become a professional. PERMIT FOR MATCH REFUSED. AUCKLAND. June 19. It is obvious that the police department is determined to prevent professional wrestling in New Zealand from becoming the wild business it is in America and other parts of the world. When tne Auckland Wrestling Association applied on Tuesday last for permission to stage a match between Stan Pinto and Scotty M’Dougall the application was refused. The reason for the refusal to grant a permit for the match which had been provisionally arranged was, it is understood, that the police were not satisfied with Pinto’s display in his match against Jack Higgins. In the opinion of the police the American’s conduct was not in the best interests of sport and the morals of the public. It is understood that Inspector Hollis also intimated that under no consideration would a repetition of such conduct be tolerated. The police have instructed the wrestling authorities that all appli cations for permits must be accompanied by the names of the contestants.