BOXING.
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 24. Tom Griffiths (Dunedin) to-night, before a crowded house, defeated Darby' O’Connor (Sydney) on points in a featherweight professional boxing contest of 15 rounds. O'Connor put Griffiths down for eigtli seconds in the fourth round, and lifted him off his feet and dow n in the l.'ith. round, and again knocked him down for nine seconds in the Llih. round. Griffiths lasted bettor, making up points in the last two rounds, and the decision was the rightful one.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1927, Page 1
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