BOXING
. v , ,\ .. A DOUBLE CHAMPION. f.Bv Telegraph—Press Association). ... AUCKLAND, Sept. 30. Artie Hay, of Hastings, won the middleweight, boxing .championship of jNew Zealand to-night,. when he defeated Lachie McDonald, of-Timaru, in the twelfth round.; -; \ . '•
The referee stopped the bout, after (McDonald had been do\vn twice for the. count of’.seven. . ■
The 'first five or -six' roupds were fopght at a very fast pace. This’told on McDonald, who was down for eight in the tenth round, and for seven in the eleventh.
There was a large crowd at • the Town Hall, for the contest. Hay weighed lOst 13lbs, and McDonald list 41 bs. The winner also holds the 'welterweight title. . . ‘ '
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1929, Page 3
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