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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 18, No. 5. April 30, 1954

Boxing . . . — V.U.C Come Close To Winning

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Boxing . . .

V.U.C Come Close To Winning

Boxing was one of the few bright spots of Victoria College's Tournament performances. Six of our boxers reached the finals out of eight bouts.

In the featherweight contest. D. Law represented Victoria His opponent, however. A. J. Wakefield, of Canterbury, set a pace which was too vigorous for our man and it was not until near the last round that Law began to fight back in kind. We consider that the last round was won by Law, but the final decision went to Wakefield.

In the light welterweight E. [unclear: Mowed]. a Massey student fighting for Victoria College, easily disposed of L. Pizer by a t.k.o. in the second round. Mosaed is a deadly fighter who, after waiting his chance, gave his opponent no quarter at all.

Mike Mayman, of Victoria, stood off in the early rounds of the welterweight contest until his opponent tired. After that he went on in win on a points decision from R. [unclear: Iones,] of Otago.

The bout of the evening was the light middleweight final in which Jim Hutchison, of Victoria, fought P. Diamond, of Otago. These boxers were evenly matched, and we think that Hutchison was fortunate in beating his opponent on points. He landed some good punches, and at one stage in the second round sent Diamond on to the canvas for a count of eight.

We had no representative in the middleweight final. N. Nawalowolo was beaten in the preliminaries by I. A. MeDougall, of Canterbury, who won the middleweight and the heavyweight finals.

Our light-heavyweight boxer Jim Sterling was outclassed by G. Hutchinson, of Canterbury The result was a t.k.o. in the second round.

The boxing shield went to Canterbury, who won four bouts, Victoria was second with three bouts, and Otago third with one bout.