BOXING NOTES
Rayner on Top + Alabama Kid Can Punch + Hanham Was Bold MPORTATIONS usually find our boxers not quite up to their own mark. For a time it seemed that Herman Gildo was just too good for the best light-weight we had. Clarrie Rayner has exploded this myth. Since the Filipino has been in the Dominion the Blenheim rep. has defeated him twice and secured a draw. This performance must place Rayner in the front rank of the light-weights. * Es * If his failure to obtain contests in New Zealand when he arrived here about two months ago suggested that the Alabama Kid was considered something of a spent force, his appearance in Auckland against Les Brander dispelled the idea. The American negro is perhaps the most vicious. puncher ever seen in the Dominion. His terrific uppercut, which caught Brander under-the jaw half way through the first round, lifted his 12 stone 11 Ibs. about two feet off the canvas and
put him on his back. The referee counted Brander out but it was unnecessary. The big fellow, who was nine pounds heavier than the Alabama Kid, had to be carried to his corner and later assisted from the ring. In challenging the winner, Cliff Hanham of Waimate showed considerable temerity. It is to be hoped for the New Zealander’s sake that nothing comes of the challenge. Hanham would be giving the negro weight and his most ardent supporters could not imagine his winning. * * * In Palmerston North there are some very keen boxing enthusiasts; among them D. Armstrong (secretary) and E. Wimsett (president). It is a tribute to their efforts that every tournament staged during the last two years has drawn a crowd and pleased it, too. The recent bouts between Hutchinson and Caltaux, and Gildo and Rayner, have done much to popularise boxing in the district. * * * Since the transfer of referee Dick Meale to Wellington, Auckland has been minus one of its most efficient third men. However, for the big bout recently Mr. Joplin acted and he showed himself quite at home inside the ropes,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 67, 4 October 1940, Page 19
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