BOXING.
- f Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] "WESTPORT, Aug. 8. In tlio 10-round professional liout last evening, staged by the Westport Boxing Association, Laeliie McDonald (11.90 outpointed Eddie Parker. BLENHEIM BOUT, BLENHEIM, Aug. 8. There was a fifteen round profession-
ill fish t here on Saturday night between Tommy Griffiths (Dunedin) 8.10.1 and George Curran (Wellington) 8.11. J, it going the full distance. It was a clean, clever exhibition of fast fighting. The men were evenly matched, and the referee’s decision of a draw was very well received, although many were of the opinion that Griffiths just shaded his opponent. NEW PLYMOUTH. Aug. 8. Dick Elmour (France) defeated A 1 McDonald (Queensland) on points in a singularly uninteresting bout of fifteen rounds, in which neither boxer showed any inclination to fight solidlv. SYDNEY, Aug. 8. At the Stadium, Joe Esler outed Gon-
salves in the seventeenth round of a heavy slogging match. At Newcastle Billy Edwards was given a knock-out decision against Merv Williams in the 9th. round, the referee stopping the fight after Williams had been downed thrice in the Bth. round.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1926, Page 2
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