BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 9, 29 May 1914, Page 5

BOXING.

IIdCAVY-WKIOUT CHAMPION- ! mip. , By Telegraph —Press Association. Gisbome, IjntJt Night. The eontest between Uurtlctlt (challenger), of ChristeluuTh, and Lowe I holder), of (ii-shorne, far tilre profe nional heavy -weight boxing chaimpionship of New Zealand and a purse of £75, tittraeted an audience tint filled the Opera House to overcrowding. Lowe weighed' 11 stone 10 pounds, and liartlett 12 stone 2 ipounds. It proved to lie line of the most sltreiiuoun heavyweight contests held in this district, although really heavy effective hitting was not very prevalent. By conunon consent lhrtlett must be given credit !>ir .-ihowiiig more aggressiveness against Lowe Chan any previous opponent. He did hi.< best, however, only at close i|uarters. In the seventh rtiuttd Lowe wa; \!iir.i, do-,vi! by an unexpected back hand blow, b'll after wiit'.r'g ■!-,wi •:•-•' long as p.v-:- ;l i'e returned to the fvav little tb» v.!' r. 'i":c roe' :. . e.'-! at the clo*c < !' t''c i'..\.eih " ■ '.e '. : ■x result, of l'.adlett giving up on account of injured wrists, which had been troubling iiiin 6an*e the fifth round.