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...only real excitement of the afternoon was Owen Hanley's upset victory over defending 145-pound champion Jack D'Arcy. Hanley's strategy of measured retreat, quick jabs, sharp counterpunching, and effective clinching was the smart man's answer to the D'Arcy attack...
...Arcy, anxious to throw his strong right hook, consistently held it too low to provide adequate defense against Hanley's jabs which bloodied D'Arcy's face by the second round. Hanley's face-high fists served to block most of D'Arcy's blows, while the champ failed to punch to Hanley's vulnerable body...
...offensive, but his blows tended to be wild and inflicted little damage for most of the fight. In the third and last round D'Arcy finally landed some hard hooks to the body and head and a sharp uppercut to the face, but the barrage came too late. Hanley had carried rounds one and two on points...
...John D'Arcy outpointed Owen Hanley with a fine diversified attack to both the head and body. By the middle of the second round Hanley was badly shaken by D'Arcy's sharp jabs and solid blows to the midsection...
...other final bouts John D'Arcy, this season's uncontested 135-pound winner, is likely to add the 145-pound title to his collection with a win over Owen Hanley. Ralph Mooney and Steve McNeely look like winners...