BOXING
> JAGGERB DEFEATS -PURftY, ; , • .(Per,, Prosa Association^-T-Copyright)! , ■ _ WELLINGTON, August 22. , Two - .thousand, ~ spectators to-night. r ,saw ‘j'Twist” Jaggers, outpoint. Charlie .Purdy,, in a ten .round., professional . boding contest. Jaggers,'. who Sye-igh-;s3UO,6 to,.Purdy’s 10 stone, owed, his victory -to .doing most of the fading. He :.w|as the stronger' of the pair, arid frequently rushed his opponent to the, ropes.
Purdy was only a shadow of the brilliant boxer who used to be the lightweight champion of the Dominion some six years ago. The contest was not an exciting one owing to the fact that neither man possessed .a punch. WELLINGTON TITLE HOLDERS. WELLINGTON, August 22. The finals to decide the Wellington junior boxing champions were held to-night. The : following are the title holders for 1933: —Lightweight, R. Hale • bantamweight, B. Sherlock; 'flyweight, W. Jones; featherweight, f 'lthnsbn ; paperweight, L. Jelly, welterweight, : A; ; ‘‘’Perrett; middleweight, D. Boswell.'
OTAGO TITLES DECIDED. DUNEDIN, August 22. The Otago amateur, boxing championships concludede to-night, the finals being won as follows Flyweigh—t Coel beat W. Drew; featherweight —-W. Laing beat A. Webber; bantam-weight-—J. Richmond beat H. Cann 0 n ; lightweight—R. Leckie beat W. Frances; welterweight—W. Murphy beat F. 'Hood; -middleweight— W. O’Connell beat H. Drew; heavyweight— M. Slater, beat-B. Isaacs . All; of, the bouts were won on points., u- ■
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1933, Page 2
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