SHARKEY BEATS LOUGHRAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 779, 27 September 1929, Page 1

SHARKEY BEATS LOUGHRAN

Early Technical Knock-Out “NO PLACE AMONG HEAVIES” Heeney Outpoints Hoffman (United P.A. — By Telegraph — Copyright) Australian and N.Z. Press Association Received 1.48 pm. NEW YORK, Thursday. JACK SHARKEY beat Tommy Loughran by a technical knockout in the third round of their fight today. The men's wariness throughout the opening round of the contest, and the tendency to box at a distance, promised a drawn-out fight, but the sharp and decisive manner in which Sharkey disposed of his opponent demonstrated that Loughran has no place among; the heavy-weights of today.

■ Loughran, who renounced the ■world’s light-heavy-weight title to try for the heavy-weight crown, applied to the State Athletic Commission to have This fight decide the championship, hut his request was refused some time ago.

Sharkey weighed-in at 14st. and Loughran at 13st. 41b. la the first round they sparred in mid-ring. They were trying each other out with jabs to the face. Jack hooked both hands to the head, and Loughran got home with an uppercut. The round was even. In the second they sparred at longrange. Their blows were light, and they clinched repeatedly. It was Sharkey's round. The third saw Sharkey swing a left to the head, and he dropped Loughran with a right to the jaw. The final knockout blow was delivered 27 seconds after the beginning of this round, and came unexpectedly. Smashing through Loughran's feeble guard at the opening of the round, Sharkey sent his opponent to the Boor. When Tommy staggered to his feet he did not know where he was. and reeled along the ropes into a neutral corner. Sharkey was ready to deliver the finishing punch, but it was not necessary, the referee stepping between them and declaring Sharkey the winner. Loughran was carried into his corner. and was then ready to continue, but. the fight was over. In the words of one competent ob-

Heeney won a points decision from George Hoffman

server, “It was one of those fights where the boxing skill of one of the contenders, Loughran, counted for nothing against the sudden aggressiveness and superior power of his opponent.”

HEENEY’S VICTORY

BATTLE WITH HOFFMAN AT NEW YORK SOME HARD HITTING (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and X.Z. Press Association) Reed. 10 a.m. NEW YORK, Thurs. For his fight with George Hoffman, Tom Heeney (Xew Zealand) weighed in at 14st 111 b and the GermanAmerican at 13st lljlb. In the first round Heeney forced the fighting, playing for the body, Hoffman, who is a former amateur national champion, backing away. It was Heeney’s round. In the second round they wrestled around the ring awkwardly. Hoffman landed a low blow, and Heeney winced. Hoffman scored with two rights. It was Hoffman’s round. «. Heeney forced the fighting, in the third, and it was Heeney’s round. In the fourth, Heeney, continuing his drives to the body, forced Hoffman to the ropes and pounded him. Hoffman crossed a. hard right to the jaw, making Tom’s knees sag. Blood was drawn at the Xew Zealander’s mouth. The round was even. In the fifth, it was a slow fight, with much prancing and no telling blows landed. Hoffman became aggressive, and was beating Heeney to the punch. This was Hoffman’s round. The sixth was a wrestling match for the most part. Hoffman broke Heeney’s nose with a right. Again it was Hoffman’s round. In the seventh, Tom opened a cut under Hoffman’s eye with a right, and hammered him on the ropes. It was Heeney’s round. The eighth saw Heeney shake Hoffman with a left to the jaw, and beat him to the punch. Again it was Heeney’s round. ' In the ninth, Hoffman was missing badly, and Heeney was getting in. Heeney fought savagely, and took the round.

Heeney was the stronger in the tenth, and was carrying the fight to Hoffman. Again it was Heeney’s round. Heeney won the decision.