THE BOXING RING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 124, 16 August 1927, Page 12

THE BOXING RING

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Cvril McCarthy, the Auckland : feather-weight, is training in the hope ■ of securing matches. He is at "Wilson’s gvmnasium in Lome Street. • . * The New Zealand Amateur Championships start at Invercargill tomorrow and continue on Thursday. On Friday the finals will be decided. ... It is expected that Duke Maddox. Johnny Leckie and Percy Black will arrive in Auckland during the week, to finish their preparations for the fights on Monday night. The clash between McDonald and , Casey at Oamaru marked their sixth . meeting; Casey has won three of the . contests and McDonald two, and the other one ended in a draw. Darby O'Connor, the Australian ’ feather-weight, who recently arrived in New Zealand under the care of Ike Kutner, is to meet Tommy Griffiths, of Dunedin, at Wellington on August "4. * « * The Council of the New Zealand ; Boxing Association has been invited to send a representative to a conference of amateur boxing unions, which will : be held in Sydney on September 2s. * * * A telegram has been received from Mr. Frank Burns, manager of the Auckland team at the New Zealand championships, stating that the team had ft. good trip down to Invercargill. All the boys are well and are working hard. The Auckland middle-weight, Jim Broadfoot has signed articles to meet Nelson McKnight at Frankton Junction .on Monday, August 29. The bout will •„ be of ten rounds and a purse of £IOO will be in dispute. Eugene Donovan, Broadfoot’s trainer, will accompany him to the Waikato. » * * A belt, to be known as the John . Jameson Belt, will be given to the . most scientific boxer at the New Zealand amateur boxing championships. If it is won for three years in oue- * cession it will become the property of the winner. A silver cup, to be .von outright, will be given each year with the belt. * * * Boxers who are inclined to be rather lax in their training, indulge in careless hitting, and who do not appear, have "struck a snag” in the boxing commissioners of America, Emmanuel Jondis, self-styled Greek heavy-weight champion, was recently dealt with by the Illinois Commission and was suspended for a year and fined two-thirds of his share of the purse because of his poor showing in a fight due to lack of training. * • * The entries for the New South Wales amateur boxing championships at the Sydney Stadium on September 16 are in keeping with the large numbers .hat entered the annual tourneys prior to the outbreak of the Great War. One entry in particular will be watched with interest. The boy in question is a pupil of Dav® Smith, who likens him to Les Darcy, when that great boxer first went to Smith for lessons. After this competition the winners of the various States will meet in a grand final to determine the Australian champion, and those to represent Australia at the Olympic Games. • • * On the 25th day of May, William Muldoon, the famous "solid man” of sports and a member of the New York State Athletic Commission, which has direct supervision over boxing and wrestling, attained his eighty-second birthday. When friends and associates gathered around him to extend congratulations, Muldoon vowed that if good health meant anything he would live to be 100. He was given an elaborate birthday feast, at which Gene Tunney, the heavyweight champion, acted as host. Muldoon gained fame years ago as the only man who ever ruled John L. Sullivan with an iron hand. A wrestler and boxer himself when the mighty Sullivan was in his heyday, Muldoon toured the country with the "Boston strong boy,” and as guide, mentor and friend, frequently made John J,. watch his conduct. Later Muldoon, a splendid physical specimen, ran a health farm for overworked business men. Despite his advanced age he is still hale and hearty and keenly in touch with all the latest developments in the world of sports, especially with respect to the glove and the mat games.

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