Boxing Club

As far as University boxing is concerned, the year 1932 is at an end. No more this year will the gymnasium rock and shudder with the thud of gloved fist against skin and bone.

In the Tournament this year we were unrepresented in two weights, and had we had these two representatives, the Shield might have been ours. Our men entered the ring very fit, thanks to our instructor, Roy Brien. Victoria College did a great deal of self-congratulation in the morning after the preliminary contests when it was found that all five of the Victoria boxers were to figure in the finals that evening. The evening saw five stirring finals. Joseph, giving away a stone in weight and six inches in reach, lost to Otago after a good bout. Hart lost to the Auckland boy after a close decision. It was a good bout, and the decision either way would not have been amiss. Kent repeated his performance of the morning and won on a T.K.O., and incidentally won the Boxing Association's medal for the most scientific performance. Kent is one of the finest lightweights we have ever had in the College. Masters lost to Auckland. The Auckland boy was fast and clever, but Masters, who had fought a hard fight in the morning, again boxed cleverly. Claris went down quickly to Dovi, the Otago mauler. Claris was brought into the team at the last moment and his knockout victory of the morning demonstrated his possibilities.

College Boxing Blues were awarded to Josephs, Kent, Masters and Claris.

The year 1932 may be called a successful one for Victoria College boxing, in that much new and promising material has been found. It is intended to hold a College Tournament early in the new college year, and it is hoped that this innovation will meet with enthusiasm. We are most hopeful of annexing the Shield at Auckland next year and the indications are that we will, for the first time for several years, be represented in all weights. An excellent team should result from the following: —Josephs, Denz, O'Connor, Kent, Claris, Steele, Mcllroy, Whitcombe and Dempsey.