BOXING
FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION. tubed Prose Association- By hJectru l elen^rapit—Copy rigf »-j LONDON, May o. At Manchester, Jackie Brown, British flyweight champion, won the European Championship, he out-pointing the Romanian title holder, Lumen. Popescu.
(Received this day at. 8 a m.)
LONDON, May 5. Ihe announced European championship proves a fiasco for Pope,sen was half a pound ovq&vcight. The official British Board of Control allowed an hour wherein to rid himself of his overweight, hut he refused to reweight, and entered the ring only when Brown’s manager agreed to waive a forfeit.
The crowd was incensed at the delay. The fight started at ten o’clock, after heated discussions in the dre^singroom.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1931, Page 3
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