THE BOXING RING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 426, 7 August 1928, Page 14

THE BOXING RING

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Every effort is being made in the South to get Jim Leckie, amateur heavy-weight champion of New Zealand, to the New Zealand championships in Auckland this month. * * * Harry Mason, ex-light-weight champion of England, who is now in Australia, injured his ankle while training, and is likely to be laid up for a few weeks. * * * The boxing events of the 1928 Olyfnpic Games at Amsterdam commenced to-day and will conclude on Saturday. New Zealanders will soon know the fate of the two Dominion representatives, Morgan and Cleverley. * * * Charlie Burdy, who has returned from Australia, will meet Jack Carroll, welter-weight champion of Australia, at Wellington on Thursday. Burdy will then return to Auckland.

The Ashburton Boxing Association is inviting applications from professional boxers of any weight to box a six-round contest for £25, or 12 rounds for £SO. The object is to make boxing boom in that district.

Mclnnes Too Strong Mclnnes carried far too many guns for Bocock on Friday evening, and even if the fight had gone a greater number of rounds the Scotsman must have proved the victor. Bocock was too inexperienced and he threw away any chance he had by going in and trying to fight Mclnnes at his own game. Nothing can be added, except a tribute to Bocock’s gameness. Many men would have stayed down to the punches he took instead of struggling to carry on.

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Lachie McDonald will meet his old opponent, Casey at Palmerston North to-morrow evening. * • • Some time #igo Purdy parted company from his trainer, Pat Connors, but they have now joined partnership again. Connors also has McDonald under his charge. * * * On Saturday evening at Dunedin Johnny Leckie will meet Tommy Barber, who is regarded as the stiffest proposition the New Zealand champion has yet faced. Matt Hatton is in hard training for his bout with Hughes at Napier tomorrow week. If the Aucklander defeats Hughes, Leckie wants to meet Hatton at Dunedin. * * * An effort to match Johnny Leckie and Hadford for a return bout was made by the North Otago Association, but the purse of £l5O was not acceptable to the Englishman. * * * Cyril McCarthy, the Auckland professional feather-weight, is in training at Hatton’s gymnasium with the object of securing matches. McCarthy, who has been sparring with Mclnnes, amazed spectators with his ability to take heavy punishment and come back for more. * * * Great Fight Expected The Northern Boxing Association has arranged a match between Mclnnes and Lachie McDonald for August 20, and this should do much to make up for the disappointment on Friday. Mclnnes was not seen in action very long, but he did enough to impress critics as to his ability. Against McDonald he will have a hard task. The pair were to have met in Australia, but the bout did not eventuate, and as McDonald is virtually champion of Australia the bout should be a great one. Friday’s Amateur Bouts The amateur bouts on Friday were the best preliminaries seen for some time. Spragg made a fine showing and though he lost it was only by a slight margin. Manson, too, put up a good fight, but he will have a hard task in beating Spragg when that boxer has gained a little more experience. Pownall and Lindesay provided the fight of the night. Lindesay went down three times in the first round but he gamely continued. He came up much fresher for the second and when he adopted the same southpaw stance as his opponent he scored well. He also took the third, but Pownall came back in the last round, in which he scored well with his heavy left. The decision, a draw, was very popular with the crowd. The two tough light-weights, Martin and Peryer, fought another great fight. On the last occasion that the pair met the decision was a draw, but Peryer did better on this occasion and received the verdict. The other bout between Mclvniglit and Greer was disappointing, but as both boys fought at short notice they could not be expected to provide a thrilling encounter. However, they should have fought better than they did.