Crowd Hostile When Downes Disqualified
WANGANUI, August 4. In a prnfesBional boxing contest ar Alarton tonight, Tommv Downes, Pal nierston North, 12st 101b, was disquali- • fied in the sixth. round and the figlit was awarded to Barnev Clark, Auckland, 12st 71b. The referee ruled that Downes had committed a foul for landing a punch after being ordered to break. The decision met with a hostile reception. from the crowd.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 August 1949, Page 5
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