BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.
Burns Beats Lang. Fifteen thousand people witnessed the contest between Burns and Lang in the Stadium at Sydney on Monday night for the heavy-weight championship of Australia. The fight was not characterised by any hard hitting throughout the whole of the 20 rounds, the contestants contenting themselves with boxing cautiously for a knock-out, Which, however, never came. A feature was the clever evasive work of Burns and the improved ring generalship of the Victorian Burns endeavoured to finish his opponent in the third round, but no serious damage resulted About the tenth round the Victorian appeared to weaken, and,it looked as if the end was in sight. However, he fought out the rounds, but Burns always held him well in hand. Burns was declared the winner on points.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 250, 13 April 1910, Page 5
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130BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP. King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 250, 13 April 1910, Page 5
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