VICTORY FOR FISHER
TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUT
INJURY TO RAKER (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, this day. In a professional welter-weight boxing contest between Norman Fisher. Christchurch, lOst 31b and Dick Baker, Invercargill, lOst lib. Fisher won on a technical knockout after six rounds. Fisher opened an injury above Baker's left eye in the third round and, after the sixth round, a doctor examined the injury. The fight was then .stopped. Fisher was well ahead on points at the time.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20009, 7 August 1939, Page 10
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