THE BOXING RING

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 930, 25 March 1930, Page 13

THE BOXING RING

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"LEFT COUNTER."

- NOTES fROM fAR AND NEAR

Great interest is being taken in the Donovan - Sarron return I ttle at 11mgion on Saturday afternoon, and the general opinion is that the American will anihilate the Waitara fireman. Dunedin i«s reported to have secured - s Alelbourne feather-weight. This lad who is only IS years of age, lias won IS of his 21 tights and is reckoned to be one of the most promising boxers Australia has produced for a long time Up-to-date Gymnasium Reg Trowern has established an up-to-date gymnasium at his home in Crummer Road, and already has a number of pupils, some of whom show promise of developing into good performers. The gymnasium is the best equipped in Auckland. In addition to a small size ring, purposely small that the pupils might become clever and quicker in their fighting, there are innumerable punch balls and bags, wriststrengthening machines, and muscle developers, and pupils are schooled in vigorous Swedish exercises calculate d to improve physique and stamina. Mr. Trowern, senior, is helping “Chum” to conduct the school, and he says that before long he will have more aids to fitness installed. “Broadfoot Won’’ "The decision was rotten.” This is a statement made in a letter to hand from a man well-known in connection with the New Zealand ring, in commenting on the recent fight between Hay and Broadfoot in which Hav added another title to his belt. -This is not only my opinion.” continues the letter, “for I was sitting with a number of the Napier Boxing officials who pride themselves as fairly good judges and they all gave Broadfoot the decision. He won seven of the rounds, three were even and the remainder in favour of Hay by a very small margin. The only possible reason the referee could arrive at the decision he gavq was that the house was 95 per cent. Hay supporters who were eager to see their idol a triple champion. Although Broadfoot had the decision given against him he has the satisfaction of knowing that he was undoubtedlv the better man on the night.”

England s Championship Hope Although Scott may now be out of the running for the heavy-weight championship, England still has a sec(.ond string to her bow, Jack Berg havA n & gone from success to success, in- > eluding wins over Mushy Callahan, cxji'&iior light-weight champion of the wcVld and Tony Canzoneri, ex-feath?r-champion. He will probably be n'iittched with A 1 Singer and if successful be matched with Sammy Mandell f«W the world’s light-weight title. Singer will be a tough opponent, but there Ist t po reason why a boy who can defeat OLlJlahan and Canzoneri should not defeut Singer and also Mandell. Of course U*erg may get a direct shot at Aland tA 1 without first meeting Singer, one report stating that the championship bout will take place on Alarch 28. ’Berg is rated by American writers as tfhe best fighter England has produced W nee the time of that all-conquering idget, Jimmy Wilde, and his prowess has been equally recognised by the American public with whom he lias es blished himself a firm favourite. AiVy success attend Berg’s efforts and g'lX v e back to England some of her lo\At prestige.

Phin Stone. ex-amateur wolu: weight champion of New Zealand, wlu signalised his arrival in Australi a l knocking out one Halliday. has won hisecond fight, polishing off a welT-u named Owen in the second round Arthur Karim, the Seottish-Ma. , amateur light-weigh.t. who is wellknown in the Auckland ring, writes mo from Cristobal to say that he intends settling in Brooklyn. New York He intends to start lighting as so*v as ho has settled down. Both making their professional d- - huts. Clever ley and Campbell provide.! an excellent contest at Waimate In??; week, the latter winning on points after putting the ex-Olympian down twio in the later stages. A return contu -. should be well worth while to sumsmaller association. Fairhall Not Too Old llarry Stone alias “Hop Harry. » ; over 40 and is still an active ringst. : . blit he is not in championship class. However that other near old-timer. Tommy Fairhall has astounded the Australians by the much younger welter champion, Wallv Hancock. Fairhall is now 30 and has succeeded in winning the title of his class against some strong opposition, quite a feat when the life of a boxer is considered to be over at that ago. and after he had been reported to hav-' slipped into second grade circles. On Dempsey and Camera The announcement that Jack Dempsey intends to start training, wi’i occasion no surprise to keen critics o: the boxing game, for they have e\ pected such a move for a long tinu despite the ex-champion’s announce ment that he wanted a guarantee of . million dollars before he would con sider again donning his fighting tin>. The guarantee has not been forthcoming, but nevertheless there is a chance of'Dempsey netting very nMr that figure and he has seen thax chance. It may not be by meeting Sharkey, Schmeling or Scott that Dempsey will draw that sum although there is a chance that he might. There is one man on whom the full glare of

the fistic limelight is centred —Prime Camera —and it seems to me that it is the Italian giant who has unbeknow - inglv brought Dempsey back. For a match between Camera and Dempsey would draw better than all the forceps ever manufactured and all the plasters ever made. And Dempsey know s it. But before the time for such a match a great deal of water will pass under the bridges. Dempsey will be quite sure of a reasonable amount o; success before he will pit himself against even a mediocre performer and it will take him some time to discover if he can reproduce anything like the form lie had in Ids prime. Then again the Italian may be beaten, out the men he has been meeting have been nothing more than set-ups—men put in to get knocked out that Camera may mould a reputation and become a great draw-card when faced by a boxer of some standing. Whether Dempsey will be the man to oppose Camera in his first real v« st remains to be seen, but in the meantime it is all eyes on Messrs. and Camera. There appears to be plenty of interest in their future movements.