BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 7 August 1907, Page 2

BOXING.

s (By "Solar Plexus.") .<•" i >iew Plymouth is said tu I*} a slow ■ place and behind the timers as regards i boxing, but on Thursday night it will i witness as good a. champion boxing . match as will be lound in any part ot ■ the colony. It is the iirst time New i Plymouth has had two principals of the, , caubrc of Billy Murphy and Tom Tuohey. Billy Alurphy has been a living . wonder; in fact, the best bit of stun i that ever went inlo the ring, so said ' the crank on fighting in the Boston , Police Sews. It is a long time since Murphy left his native shore to seek fortune in the roped arena. It would Ml a large volume to tell the lights he has put lo his credit in all parts of the world, contests vi which he was never vanquished by anyone near his own weight. When he has gone under it was when giving stones in weight away. llow ho won the world's championshiu is past history. After conquering everything before him in Australia, he journeyed to America, and was matched against the Belfast "Spider" for £2OOll and the world diamond belt, which he won m 11 rounds, and brought it Laok to *ew Zealand, it being the first the colonies ever won. He lost it to George Dixon, who was 121b heavier. The greatest boxing match I ever saw was between Murphy and Ben Seth in Mot! " f th , was thc 10st <**upEi of 1, gland, and no one would take him l"I** 1 ** "rived and filled the the hght was stopped, and honors were m,. y hls Uot t0 " lis * S W ' Toi ! ,n<l go ° a bo * w > ls taxing m the navy, au<l won se , naval tournaments, also several in Rv »<T- Up to now he has not ten abt o go a matA ph,e k in : Xd i r ! )10n m tllerefol ' e t0 * ««? '"•'Hied. I have Be en him go oa two f n * r >"& llls feet and handi Ifo t >" ti|,-lop condition, and anv pe r, 0 „ w, t w^;;r onte3t,^«"r