[?]An Boxer,

[?]Mi Galoa, Noted

[?]S After Bout

iDEST boxing news of the month in ie Islands concerns the death of Semi i, contender for the Fijian heavy t title, on October 4. the previous night Semi, an ex ly popular boxer, was knocked out ie seventh round of a bout with the pion, Tom Hini, at Suva, li was leading on points when Hini I a solid left to his solar plexus, ing it with a heavy blow to the \ Semi’s hands dropped and he sed. He did not regain consciousness, force of the impact badly damaged ; hand. li Galoa was one of the few boxers lave floored Kitione Lave. In a Suva he had Lave down for a count of ; another tack, a Sydney reader i “In my opinion Islands boxers do well to concentrate on the New id field rather than on Australia There is a lesson for everybody con -1 in the deplorable state of pro tal boxing in some parts of Aus and this is heavily underlined by Krsistent scream for the setting up e NSW Government of a proper j commission in this State”, awhile New Zealand boxing folk are over the signing of the brilliant heavyweight Joveci Bau to meet the ion light - heavyweight champion, leith, in a 12-round bout at Hastings tober 27. decisively beating Ken Brady, ex lian champion (September PIM), Bau established himself as the best as heavyweight to appear in New id for many years. jan Johnny Halafihi will be among ars in an international boxing series held at Auckland, ifihi has started training for a bout Bruce Farthing, Australian light weight, at Auckland in November, ng won when the pair met at Strat ast summer.

[?]ers who recently returned to Samoa from Lilia: Johnny Ripley (lightweight) and Fosi [?] t (heavyweight).— Photo by D. E. Ross.