Comers

Lessons For All

In Games Boxing

Games boxing proved to be battle between stamina and scienct with lessons for exponents of eithe method.

FIJI and New Guinea boxei showed more science, and had better knowledge of the rules, bi American Samoa, the Cooks an Tonga put men in the ring wh were physically stronger and wh s/ometimes punched their way t victory. Tonga, particularly, relie on hard punching.

Fiji and P-NG would do bett( to concentrate on stamina trainir for the next Games and the Pol; nesian countries should concentrai on science, American Samoa won its onl gold medal at the Games for bo; ing, and the Cook Islanders caj tured their only two gold meda for the same sport.

The Cook Islands boxing team ( six gained four medals—an outstam ing effort. They may have gaine another gold medal if Puruto h£ not injured his thumb in the sem finals and forfeited the final to Fi New Caledonia was not represen ed at the Suva Games for technic reasons which are not likely to rea at the Noumea Games, so the Frenc must be considered when estimatii chances for 1966.

Surprisingly, there was no heav weight title bout, because only F entered in this division.