TWO ROUNDS SUFFICIENT FOR NEGRO TO WIN
Received Sunday, 7 p.m. MELBOURNE, Sept. '28. The American Negro, Freddie Dawson, 9.9, battered Eddie Miller, 9.5i, into helplessness in two rounds at the Melbourne stadium. Miller was doivn five times in the two rounds. His eve was badly cut in the second and be was unconseious on the floor at the gong. Dawson received a hostili demonstraetion from the crowd when he stepped into the ring and there were jeers and hoots when, at the beginning of the third round, the referee awarded the fight to hira. "Dawson, who in his first fight iu Australia lcnocked out the lightweight champion Vic Patrick in Sydney, became the raost unpopular boxer ever to visit Melbourne," says the Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney Telegraph. "Public resentraent begati when a ndwspaper reported him as say ing he had 'had' Australia and animos ity flared when it was announeed that two iadio st/ations would not broadcast the fight. The decision was made when JDawson's manager, Harry Rudolph, demanded £100 fTom Stadiums Limited for^fee broadcas^ rights. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 September 1947, Page 5
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