Comers
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Lessons For All
In Games Boxing
Games boxing proved to be a battle between stamina and science, with lessons for exponents of either method.
FIJI and New Guinea boxers showed more science, and had a better knowledge of the rules, but American Samoa, the Cooks and Tonga put men in the ring who were physically stronger and who sometimes punched their way to victory. Tonga, particularly, relied on hard punching.
Fiji and P-NG would do better to concentrate on stamina training for the next Games and the Poly nesian countries should concentrate on science.
American Samoa won its only gold medal at the Games for box ing, and the Cook Islanders cap tured their only two gold medals for the same sport.
The Cook Islands boxing team of six gained four medals—an outstand ing effort. They may have gained another gold medal if Puruto had not injured his thumb in the semi finals and forfeited the final to Fiji.
New Caledonia was not represent ed at the Suva Games for technical reasons which are not likely to recur at the Noumea Games, so the French must be considered when estimating chances for 1966.