BOXING
BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. DUNEDIN. July 26. A professional boxing contest between Johnny Leckie, of Dunedin, (8.13-1) and Mark CarroYl, of Wanganui (9.41) took place to-night. The fight was scheduled for To rounds, for a purse of £IOO, but in the eleventh round, in which Carroll was down three times, rising at the count of nine each time, the ret ere slopped the contest, thirty seconds before the end of the round. Leckie had the better of matters in practically every round, quite out boxing his opponent , who tried without success to make it an in-light.
AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. AUCKLAND. July 26. the Auckland Provincial Boxing Championships were held to-night. Ihe following are the final results: Flyweight, F. Pearcey beat A. Verrall. Bantamweight. J. 0 .Sullivan heat f . Mattson. Featherweight. P. MoPhail heat R. ArtnisTtaw. Welterweight. E. Armishaw heat 11. Webster. Middle-weight. P. Cooinbe heat J. Gardiner. Cruiserweight. C. Hogg heat W. McLean. Heavyweight, F. McCarthy (holder) beat D. Cowan. In winning the lightweight title, T. Slattery (Te Kuiti) gave a brilliant of hosing.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1927, Page 1
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175BOXING Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1927, Page 1
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