BOXING.
PURDY TURNS PROFESSIONAL. (PBZ3S AB3OCTATIOK TZLEOJUIH.) • AUCKLAND, November' 13 C. Purdy (Auckland) defeated Bert Brown (Paimerston ,Wh), holder of the New' Zealand professional feather-weight title on points in fifteen rounds. The winner' who ■was boxing his first-professional contest, gave a scientific display , and outpointed Brown in every round. . The title was not involved, as both men were over tha ' feather-weight limit, Purdy scaling 9st slb and Brown 9st SJlb. The purse was £IOO. •
BETTER THAN FIRPO.
CHARLEY WEINERT MEETS LUIS. (bt cable—passs Association—copthiohtj (AUSTRALIAN AND H.Z. CABLE AS3OCIATIO*.) (Received* November 13th', 8.80 p.m.) .NEW YORK., November 12. At Newark, New Jersey, Charley Weinert, a Newark heavy-weight, gained thb Press verdict over Irais Firpo in a 12-rounda nodecision b00t..; ■ •
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 18
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119BOXING. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 18
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