MURPHY DRAWS WITH WEST AFRICAN
V- BOUT ON TWENTY-SIXTH , BIRTHDAY ; London, Feb. u. ■ ‘ Bos' Murphy celebrated his twentysixth birthday to-night by fighting to a draw over eight rounds with a West African, Richard Armagh. Both weighed list sglb. • Murphy pleased the crowd, giving Armagh, a boxing lesson in the use of the left over the first four' rounds. Armagh opened a cut over Murphy's right eye in the fifth round and the fight degenerated into pulling and mauling.
Murphy recovered in the last round to force a draw.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 105, 16 February 1950, Page 6
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