Heeney Next

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 303, 14 March 1928, Page 9

Heeney Next

TUNNEY’S OPINION CONTENDER FOR CROWN

By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Reed 12.30 p.m. MIAMI BEACH, Tuesday. Gene Tunney said that he considers Tom Heeney his next logical opponent. “Heeney, in my opinion,” the champion said, “is the winner of the tournament to pick the contender for the heavy-weight crown. Heeney has done everything Rickard asked, and defeated every opponent, including Risko, Delaney and Sharkey.”—A. and N.Z.

RISKO BEATS SHARKEY ELIMINATION BOUT AN AGGRESSIVE FIGHTER By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. NEW YORK, Monday. In a 15-round boxing contest in the elimination series to find an opponent for Gene Tunney for a match for the heavy-weight championship, Johnny Risko, of Cleveland, to-day gained a decision over Jack Sharkey. The latter weighed in at 1911 b and Risko at 193X1b. When the men entered the ring the bout started slowly, but Risko quickly began a slashing two-handed attack, which won him the first round. After that Sharkey out-boxed him and severely punished him, taking the next four rounds. By the simple expedient of letting his opponent run into his punches Risko took the sixth. The Cleveland man also took the next four rounds. Both men were hitting low. Sharkey delivered several furious uppercuts and Risko frequently doubled up his opponent with vicious body blows. Wjth a determined attack Sharkey took the 11th and 12th rounds. Risko won the next. The fourteenth v/as even, but in the 15th Risko opened a tremendous attack and hit his opponent round the ring. Sharkey desperately held on. Risko won the decision apparently on his aggressiveness. GARCIA DEFEATS GRIME A 12-round boxing contest took place to-day at Baltimore between Garcia (HSJIb) and Billy Grime (1251 b), of Australia. The former won the decision. Grime received an ovation when he entered the ring. The men boxed the first round evenly, but in the second Grime sent the American to the ropes and both men clinched repeatedly. It was Grime’s round. They fought the next evenly, Garcia overcoming Grime’s weaving style. Garcia missed a hard right in the fourth, and both men fell. They exchanged blows to the head and face. This was Garcia’s round. Garcia battered the Australian with body blows and took the fifth. In the sixth they were even in a sharp exchange of body blows, but Garcia book the seventh when, after exchanging punches in the middle of the ring, the American landed a hard left to the kidneys at the bell. Garcia took the eighth, when Grime had apparently tired under heavy body and face hammering from the American. In the ninth round Grime was more cautious and avoided close contact. Garcia sent the Australian to the ropes with a hard right to the face and two light lefts to the head. Grime put Garcia back on his heels with two uppercuts, and they were exchaning body punches in the centre of the ring at the bell. It was Grime’s round. Grime took the 11th. He straightened Garcia with a hard right to the face and followed it up with a left. The Australian was fighting better now and they were on fairly even terms early in the 12th. Grime for the time succeeded in slownig up the American, but Garcia’s body attack gave him the round. —A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONSDALE BELT FEATHER-WEIGHTS IN ACTION LONDON, Monday. At the National Sporting Club Corbett defeated Cuthbert, the featherweight holder of the Lonsdale Belt, on points. Corbett secured an early lead, which he maintained to the end. —A. and N.Z.