Boxing at Denaby

Another excellent programme of boxing was staged at the Drill Hall Denaby Main on Saturday evening.

A minor contest between Tom Nisel (Conanby) and Young Kelly (Conisborough) which went the full distance of six rounds to end in a draw, was a good fight. Nisel, who has not had much boxing since he reached the schoolboy finals at Bentley four years ago, did well. Two rounds had elapsed before he began to warm things up a bit. It was a fight worth going to see, and had it been the only fight on the programme the audience would have had its monies worth. Kelly had the advantage of high jewellery, and there were a number of little exchanges during which many heavy punches were delivered. Nisel demonstrated the finer points of the game, and had he commenced early to do his “stuff” victory might have been his.

Knock Out

The other supporting contest, which was scheduled over eight rounds also provided plenty of interest. Arthur Moffat (Edlington) met Jack Elkes (Denaby) who won with a knockout in the seventh round.

Elkes was, incidentally, slightly behind on points when he landed the telling punch. Moffat box cleverly, Ansell collected a goodly. Elkes never lacked determination while on the other id seem likely to do anything drastic. He made many attacks but they were always countered by Moffat. The bout might have ended in the fifth round when Elkes knocked his opponent on to the ropes with such a force that one of the corner post gave way and nearly allowed Moffat to fall headfirst out of the ring.

In the sixth round Elkes did the same thing but Moffat had not recovered when he came up for the seventh year in which Elkes landed a short right jab to the body that sent Moffat to the boards.

The bottom line was between Paddy Dainty (Denaby) and Young Chamberlain (Maltby) over 10 rounds which ended in the fourth, the referee intervening in Dainty’s favour.

Dainty for great, and did well to deliver the punishment he did, for on the previous night he had 10 gruelling round at Goole. Chairman was well out of his class. Dainty landed a right hook to the jaw soon after the first gong which nearly finished Chamberlain. The Maltby youth took a count of six in the second and dainty went on to win the third. In the fourth and last Chamberlain went down twice and was upon his feet in quick time. When he was forced into a corner and stopped another right hook the referee stopped the fight and award it to Dainty.

It is a long time since Tommy Orr stepped into a ring, but the Conisbrough lad showed no signs of any loss of form when he met Jack Bicknell (Edlington) about scheduled over 10 rounds. It lasted only four, however, for Bicknell retired with the damage left hand. Orr, was plenty of “timber” about it, can stand plenty of punishment.