The Spike: or, Victoria University College Review, June 1929
Boxing
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Boxing.
At long last V.U.C. has its talons on the Boxing Shield, but only partly, for it shares its possession with Otago. The team as a team, was stronger on the whole than previously, and good contests were expected, although the results were better than we hoped for.
Logan drew a bye in the preliminaries, and boxed McAlevey in the finals. He shaded his man in round one, as a result of quick in and out work and good evasion. Rounds 2, 3, 4 he lost through wrong tactics—stood up and mixed it with too strong an opponent. Both were exhausted at the gong.
Edwards defeated Perry (C.) in his preliminary and won his final against Dallas (O.). Round 1 was good, Edwards wading and going in and out to head and heart effectively with great lefts. There were some willing "set-tos," and heavy hitting. After a very close bout Edwards came out superior as a boxer.
Petrie had a bout of flu prior to our departure for tournament and was unable to take part, which was unfortunate, as he had shown promise enough to make us fairly confident of a good bid for this weight.
Mahoney K.O.'d Mayhill in the second round, and was too long and rangey for Nixon in the final. The latter did superbly against his sizable opponent so well that an extra round was ordered, and our man, connecting more frequently and using his reach, just did the trick. Nixon gave a very plucky exhibition considering the natural disadvantage in reach and height.
Moore met the champion, Allen, in his preliminary, and did extremely well in the face of an experienced and well-set opponent. He went down to a better man after a lively go.
Sowry exceeded expectations against Frear, who subsequently won. But for one bad fault—bad footwork—he most likely would have been heavyweight champion to-day. Despite a big disadvantage in weight and size he came out with an enhanced reputation.