BOXING NOTES AND NEWS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 19, 3 November 1939, Page 41

BOXING NOTES AND NEWS

ARCY Heeney, brilliant Gisborne amateur and present welterweight champion of the Dominion, has had a lengthy amateur career. He is not likely to break it at present by turning professional. * * * Len Downes, the Palmerston North trainer, is still coaching the youngsters in the noble art. He is one of the stalwarts in the Manawatu capital. * * + The Blenheim Association is worthy of congratulation for its continued activity over a lengthy period. Having Clarrie Rayner and his brothers as residents, as well’as a number of other clever boys. has given the Association a status. * * * Tommy Fairhall, well-known exAustralian boxer and _ prominent referee in the south, has joined up. ie * % Tommy Loveridge, well-known Taranaki boxer, is back on the farm and has given up the idea of making professional boxing his means of livelihood. me % * ‘Tommy Dunn, of the Hutt Valley, is one of the Dominion’s most promising amateur boxers. He impressed the critics at Invereargill when be won the lightweight title and at the same time was awarded the Jamieson Belt for scientific boxing. Eo % 1 Although a small place, Waimate is often mentioned in the boxing news. cliff Hanham, middleweight bright light, hails from there, and ‘that’s probably why. * * * Billy Parris, the Wellington welter, has decided to have a_ six-months’ spell. He has been boxing fairly consistently ‘during the past twelve months,

Greymouth has always been a great boxing stronghold. Many bare knuckle fights took place there in the early days, and to-day the sport in the district still retains its adherents. Among the amateur stars T. Hoggarth and C, Marsh may be mentioned. * * * Ex-welter champion Neville Mudgway, now residing in Auckland, says he is not likely to be tempted to renounce his retirement from the game, He’ has had a long career and is finished. ao * * Matters are quiet in Invercargill just now, but there is a number of good boys domiciled in the district, one of whom is Dick Baker. When he visited Sydney, Baker took lessons from Jack Dunleavy. * * * Ern. Jacobs, ex-professional heavyweight, is running a boxing school near National Park as a means of filling in his spare time. * * % Jimmy Handley, who for the past eight months has been working in the Dunedin district, has taken up residence in Wellington, and is in training at Anton Koolman’s gym. * * * The lightweight title bout at Auckland recently was a spectacular affair. When Jarvis landed the coup de grace in the thirteenth round, the spectators went wild with excitement. Ed *° Eo Bill Dervan, popular Auckland sportsman, has been official announcer for the A.B.A. for well over twenty years. He has introduced boxers of almost every nationality to the northern spectators during his term in the ring.