COLLINS GOES DOWN IN NINTH ROUND
— Press Association
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WELLINGTON, April 23. Steadily weariug down h;is opponent by'his superior reach and wider range of blows, .Jack- Bridges, oue of the two Australian lightvveights under contract to the Wellington Boxing Association, defeated doe Collins, Palmerston North, in the ninth round of a scheduled 10round prgfessional welterweight contest in the Town Hall tonight. Neither hoxer revealed a real match rvinning puneh but Bridges exploited a long left rip to the stomach with considerable : success. It was this blow which rendered Collins \cry groggy in the_ninth I round when he was sent to. tlie "floor three times, the referee then stopping the bout and crowning Bridges with ! Collins clearjy beatcn. 1 1 "
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 April 1946, Page 8
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