BOXING
HUGHES BEATS OXLEY, AX) I I mum" "" (Per Przss Association — Copyright.) Y ' ' ' AUCKLAND, October 31. A profession boxing contest for ’the lightweight championship of NfS« Zealand between Archie Hughes, of Auckland (holder), and Ted Oxley, of Pahiatua (challenger), .was won by Hughes on points at the end of the scheduled fifteen rounds. The. decision met with a very mixecj reception by the large crowd present. ‘ Hughes became a little more aggressive in the ninth round, which was fairly even, and he claimed an advantage in the tenth and eleventh rounds. The twelfth was Oxley’s and there! was little between the pair in the concluding three rounds. } ’ The announcement of the verdict in. favour of the title holder -was the signal for a loud outburst of hooting. The contest was the brightest that has Been seen in Auckland for; some time, anti it was a willing encounter all the way, the pair exchanging punches freely from the first gong.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1932, Page 2
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