BOXING
HEAVYWEIGHT CONTEST
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
INVERCARGILL, March 27. A fifteen-round professional heavyweight boxing contest between Ray Nieol (Ohai) 12st 61b, and George Singleton (Australia), 13st 51b, was staged at Inyercarcargill this evening, and ended in tne tenth round, Singleton being counted
The bout was not very interesting, .Nicol holding the advantage in points, in the tenth round Nicol drove a right to Singleton's body, and aa Nicol came over their heads met, the Australian going down. He was counted out.
a preliminary ten-round professional bout between Billy Sullivan (Hastings), 12st. 61b, and Frank Dawson (Australia), 12st 31b, was won by Sullivan, the referee stopping the bout in the ninth round. The Australian at that stage was in a bad way after taking hea y punishment m the preceding two rounds. Singleton is suffering from a fractured bone in the front of the jaw, and may not be able to' enter the ring for some months.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 73, 28 March 1933, Page 13
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