BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 5

BOXING.

<» IRELAND v. MURPHY. Boxing enthusiast* iu New Plymouth cannot complain at the fare offered at tin New Plymouth Boxing Association'!! gathering iii the Theatre Royal to-night. The principal contest will see Dennv Murphy up against Barney Ireland, and the fight should be worth going a long way to see. Both boxers have excellent records, and the contest will he eagerlr followecl by patrons of the fistic art throughout the Dominion. Now Plymouth must he accounted very lucky in bringing these well-known boxers together in a local ring, several other as •Delations being unsuccessful in arranging (he match. / Do any Murphy hns improved out of all know'elge during the Inst six months, and is. probably, the cleverest exponent of the art In Now Zca'and. Ireland, on tic other hand, is of the silid type of boxer. His style, at first !,hinee, stiff, and awkward, gradually impresses the onlooker as particularly cliVol lv'.\ His defence i» very solid, And his blows lack nothing as regards force. Murphy will probably make most play in this fight, but whether he can outpoint Ireland remains to be seen, In addition to the professional contest, Chapman (Tongaporutu) will box Sullivan (GUborne). and & Woods- (Carrington Road) will exchange pleasantries with K. U. Hartley (Wellington). The crack New Plymouth wrestler, E. Uhie, will have a "go" with .Tack Soren*on, and this contest will interest followers of wrestling. Mr Van Heck's orchestra will fill in the dull gaps with spirited Patrons will have to "roll up" in good time to-night to Beoure seats at this gathering.