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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1936. Volume 7. Number 3.

Boxing

Boxing.

The boxing preliminaries held in Parris's gymnasium on Thursday night. On the whole the result was most disappointing and things do not look too bright for Tournament. We pin our faith on those whom we did not see fight-Armour, Edgley and Meek. These men automatically go into the team as they were the only ones in their respective weilghts.

The first bout between Campbell, 8.10 and Goring Johnston, 8.10, was a poor one, neighter man adopting nay style at all. Johnston did not make any use of his long left, nor did campbell with his stocky height, concentrate on his infighting and, most important, he must get rid of the habit of hitting with an open glove.

Tossman, 9.9, gained the decision over Egleton, 9.13. The first round was bright and speedy, but the fight soon slowed up. Egleton made little use of his left, which is his chief asset. Tossman took some hard knocks, but stood up gamelymeeting his man with some heavy rights as he rushed in.

Edwards, 9.7, with his useful left and a right which sometimes connected beat his opponent, Richards. Edwards would be much improved if he showed a little more "devil" in his fighting.

Skelly, 9.7, fought Turnbull, 10.0, in the semi-finals of this weight. Skelly was the most stylish boxer we saw; his steady lefts stopped his opponent, who was apt to rush in somewhat blindly. He appeared to be the fittest man there, and showed no fatigue in his second bout, when he easily defeated Edwards for the final. In fact, he gave an even better display in this latter fight. Unfortunately, he is a fresher this year and consequently is not eligible for the team. A man who shows such promise at 17 will undoubtedly have a colourful boxing career in front of him.

Lima, 11.12 (complete with beard), provided an amusing about with Barnes, 11.7, the latter winning easily.

O'Connor gave an exhibition bout of two rounds with Walsh, but as it was purely an exhibition, nothing can be gauged from it. Tossman and edwards have still fight off for representation in the lightweight.