BOXING AND WRESTLING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 588, 14 February 1929, Page 6

BOXING AND WRESTLING

TOURNAMENT AT ONEHUNGA McI.NNES FOR DUNEDIN A boxing and wrestling tournament in aid of the Onehunga "Volunteer Fire Brigade will be held in the Foresters’ Theatre on Monday evening. The boxing, which will be under the auspices of the Northern Boxing Association, will include displays by leading Auckland professionals and amateurs, including Matt Hatton, Jim Broadfoot, Frank Taylor, Purdie, McLean and Thompson. A number of other good boxers will also appear. The New Zealand Wrestling Association is staging wrestling bouts in conjunction with the boxing, and many good displays are promised. While training on Monday evening, Matt Hatton, who fights Johnny Leckie at the Auckland Town Hall on February 25, suffered a slight injury, but he states that lie is better and hopes to be in the best possible condition for the bout. He is training nightly at his gymnasium at the Y.M.C.A. Tommy Mclnnes has cancelled his return to Australia en route for Scotland, and has decided to accept the offer of the Otago Boxing Association for a match with Lachie Macdonald on February 23, and he leaves for Dunedin on Sunday evening. He is training at Matt Hatton’s gymnasium. The amateur preliminaries for the Leckie-Hatton bout are as follow: Johns v. Purdie, R. Fraei v. McLaclilan, Thompson v. Shadbolt, Foster v. Mould.