BOXING IN EGYPT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1942, Page 4

BOXING IN EGYPT

NEW ZEALANDERS DEFEAT CAIRO CLUB. (NZEF. Official News Service.) CAIRO, January 3. The New Zealand base camp boxing team was seen in action in Cairo this week when it defeated a team from the Cairo boxing clubs at the Mokhtar Sporting Club by 8 bouts to 4. Individuals were well matched and the contests were close and exciting. The New Zealanders appeared fitter and stayed the distance, many of the bouts being won in the last of the three rounds. The Egyptians proved solid in-fighters. The South Island middle-weight, R. V. R. Baker, had a narrow win over Ibrahim el Raie in the best bout of the evening. Raie had a reach advantage and a well-timed hook in both hands and it was not until the final round that the New Zealander’s heavy left came into its own. Results were:— Bantam: W. Jarvis beat Kamel Ahmed. Feather-weight: P. Hawes lost to Lotfy Ahmed. Light-weight: Higgins beat Mostafa Nashaat; J. Strachan beat Rizk Abd el Sayed; H. Mclvor lost to Mohamed Labib. Welter-weight: S. Dunstall beat Kamal Saleh; C. Marshall beat Abed el Monem Hussein. Middle-weight: H. Robertson beat Mahmoud Haikal; R. A. Grimmer beat Marbrouk; R. V. R. Baker beat Ibrahim el Raie. Light-heavyweight: N. Smith lost to M. Ezzat el Kheshan; R. E. Neame lost to Fouad Kamel.