[?]ands Boxers Displease

NZ Association

NGAN boxer, Feleti Kaho, has become unpopular with the Auckland Boxing Asso ciation, which sponsored his entry into Zealand. He is likely to be sent home, in cause of the Association's dissatis n was Kaho's attitude to training, and ihysical condition. He had been at the asium on only three occasions since he a bout on April 8. ly in May he was forced to withdraw from ht with Mike Ravula (Fiji) because of a n hand.

Association, at a special meeting early month, decided that Kaho was not iently fit to meet Peter Schmidt in the and Town Hall on July 15, and accord cancelled the bout.

Ron Grimmer, Kaho's trainer, said that ad frequently tried to have Kaho attend ig, but without success. Mr. Grimmer een associated with most Tongan boxers lave visited New Zealand, said that to the best of his knowledge was the first Tongan boxer sent home.

Auckland Boxing Association has been the run-around by several Islands boxers iy :r the Samoan light-heavyweight, Johnny had knocked out Ravula, arrangements made to import a Tongan, Valevale, to lefata. lefata, after Valevale agreed to NZ, calmly announced he would not meet sngan.

Association ran into some delightful assing in trying to arrange a bout be- Tuna Scanlan and Bill Beazley. Beazley ickadaisical in replying to the Association, this was nothing compared with the stination indulged in by Scanlan. t, the secretary, after a lot of trouble, d Scanlan's uncle, apparently also n's manager, who said he could not the fight until he saw Scanlan. Then ecretary managed to raise Scanlan, who he could not accept the Beazley fight he saw his uncle. exasperated secretary then gave up try arrange the bout for the time being.

error of Taveuni Defeated

ij'an boxer, Sakiusa, billed in Noumea : "Terror of Taveuni", was, on June 8, ed by the New Caledonian champion,

Mare Islander, Doudie, for what was called the championship of the South Pacific.

The event drew a record crowd.

Following a quiet first round, Sakiusa reached home with a smashing right to Doudie's jaw.

Its only apparent effect was to teach Doudie prudence. Master of in-fighting, Doudie suc ceeded in making Sakuisa play his game.

Sakiusa, disconcerted by the close tactics and hampered by a wound over the eye, could not slop Doudie piling up the points which gave him the match.

Accompanying Sakiusa to Noumea was another Fijian boxer, Vucago, who also lost to a New Caledonian. However, while they were in the French colony, both boxers were, according to our correspondent, treated like visiting royalty.