BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 235, 22 February 1913, Page 7

BOXING.

riii' Hcgarty-Maxwell "g 0 " at Paln.erston Xorthj jil t week was (acconling u> a Wellington writer) ~ splendid D;lt . I'<' ; very evenly contested, but the reii'ives dech-iou was nut unanimously received, many good judges considering that the verdict illicit, with equal justilieation. have „•„„,. t0 Maxwell.' who ,1!i "l'' g""d (He of ,i straight left Nnll through, and, in addition, blocked the iti:ij<>i-it \- of llcyarty's leads. In the hr-1 coii|de „f rounds Maxwell's left I'iled up the points. The third was even, and tlic fourth and fifth were Jlei; arty's. In the sixth, seventh, eight and ninth rounds Maxwell's left was prominent, and. i n the eighth, he drew first ,l! ""'l. cutting Jlcuarlv's left eve. The I'nth was all llegarty'-.. Maxwell -oiitir down for three, and the •joiijr probablv saved him from knocked out. Maxwell made a splendid recovery in the eleventh session, and held his own in this and the next round, in which an accidental Imnip from Ilegartv's head openel up one of his eyes. The thirteenth was fairly even, hut Hegartv hail . a slight load. The fourteenth ended with •"'l'ors ea.-y. In i|„. last f-legarfv had the better of tilings, and secured the decision.