BOXING.
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
WESTPORT, Dec. 27. Hay (10.5. V) heat Trowern (10.5) on points after an even go.
GRIFFITHS BEATS McALISTER PALMERSTON N. Doc. 26.
A professional conilest of fifteen rounds for a purse of £l5O between Billy McAlister 8.5 (bantam champion of Australia) and Tommy Griffiths 8.10 (Dunedin) went the full distance, .'G/riffiths outpointing the Australian practically throughout. McAlister, in waiting for a knockout, allowed his opponent to pile on the points, and the latter’s speed kept him out of any serious trouble.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1928, Page 5
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85BOXING. Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1928, Page 5
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