BOXING NOTES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 52, 21 June 1940, Page 55

BOXING NOTES

Hansen Made A Hit + Negro Lightweight's Visit + Draw In Auckland

S a substitute for Jimmy Hanley at Auckland, Tommy Hansen, of Wellington, made a decided hit. He not only filled the bill, but actually won his eight rounder against Les Wise, of Australia, on points. Wise certainly carried the fight to his opponent but Hansen countered well and scored cleanly. * . a Gildo was unable to keep his appointment with Jack Jarvis in Wellington recently, owing to illness. Gildo was not feeling very well when he met Rayner at Hamilton on the Saturday night, and although he made a big bid to keep faith with the Wellington Association, he was obliged to call it off two days prior to the date of the contest. * x > Taller and with a much longer reach than his opponent, Bert McKay, who met Al Stock in a ten rounder at Auckland, made a strong bid for victory in the last round, but the stocky little fighter from the Papakura Camp kept him busy, and evened the score, the decision being a draw. + Y * There are all kinds of ups and downs in a boxing ring, and it is not always safe to rely on a boxer’s record. Jarvis defeated Rayner for the light-weight title and later dropped a decision to Young Gildo. Recently Rayner defeated Gildo; so it would now seem that it is a case of "as you were." * * * Tommy Hansen is likely to sue for a contest with Lex Greaney, the New Zealand feather-weight champion. Although

he scaled 9.5 at Auckland, Hansen can make the feather-weight poundage without any great effort. % * * Cyril Hurne-Miller, known to the New Zealand ring as Cyril Hurne, has jumped into prominence since he went overseas with the First Echelon, He won the feather-weight championship at the New Zealand Army tournament in Egypt, and more recently won the title in the same

division at the Divisional championships at which Australian and New Zealand representatives competed. ‘ ES aa % Johnny Hutchison, the great little negro boxer who arrived in New Zealand recently, is scheduled to meet Young Gildo in Auckland on June 24, Hutchison, who is considered the greatest lightweight boxer to visit Australia during the past five years, has had little opposition in Australia, most of his contests having been won in short order. * * * Charlie Lucas, Hutchison’s manager, is not unknown to New Zealanders, having accompanied George Cook to this country when the big Aussie came this way and engaged Albert Lloyd and others. Lucas has trained boxers, promoted contests and managed fighters for the past twenty-five years, and is the best-known boxing manager in Australia to-day.