OPPONENT FOR THE ALABAMA KID ARRIVES.
„."£? « ee L tße . Alabama Kid at the Town Hall Pn & Bran °er. of Australia, arrived £«, i£S"? d J?" day ' The American negro has £n an* V 5 iTJ h £ ee ,, months wlth Johnny Hutchinson, and, though keen to meet anybody In the Dominion, no suitable opponent could be found *f,,li., n , e . BO i lat " B T Au ««-alia tor some time, the mi=f l 3S d ? oylng Association selected Brander to meet the American. Brander Is stated to be the S'taproved light-heavy in Australia: He has ££*»£. « 1 experience, and has beaten all the leading Australians of his class that he has met except Ron Richards. With the latter he went ? h i rtee . n o < s unds - . J he Alabama Kid proven du?&L, his , 21 months In Australia that he la a boxer of outstanding ability. In 28 contests he Le?nevTch en ' W ' Ce ' by Rlchards and Gils k-JJ?" a s! ateu » r . proß P m,ne te M follows:—W. R. S fL e on Br ( i #SS e) Bri?ader kefleW ™ mtbm) * ALL-AMATEUR PROGRAMME. At the Municipal Hall, Newmarket, to-morrow night an all-amateur boxing programme will be ?£ Bed i the P roc eeds being devoted to the purchasJSSu,™„ eq i!r ipm £ nt for the local amateur gymnasiums. Matches arranged: H. B. Turel, 11.1. v ="£ J?" Haw thorn 10 13. vf'L Williams, 11.6; H Gordon, 6.7. v. G. Broadhurst, £ 7: . L ' " n <Jerwood, 10.3, v. I. Jensen. 10 0- S ? a B r V B ii-.n V t*S*?\ 86: C ' Nicholii, 9.1; Til. Mc H?"',? ol J i Boreham, 5.6. v. C. Coward. 4.11; R. Dowllng, 9.0, v. C. Brown 8 II- D Cr aigie. 82, v. W. Almao. 7.12; -w. JuSd, 103 - ?« H i, De « <m ' 10 ?.- L- Mccowen. 7.6. v. w. though 7.8; R. McCammish, 8.10. v. F. Andrews, 8 7.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 12
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308OPPONENT FOR THE ALABAMA KID ARRIVES. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 12
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