BOXING.
HEENEY WINS AGAIN. New York, October 27. Tom Heeney, New Zealand heavyweight, won a ten rounds decision over Johnny Risko, of Cleveland, in a bitterly contested and flashing contest, described as the bitterest heavy-weight battle of recent years. Heeney won six rounds with a margin of victory. In two others Risko' fought roughly, necessitating warnings for fouls several times. Heeney’s victory is regarded as cleanly defined, he having successfully weakened his opponent in the seventh, then pounding savagely with both hands a fiery attack to the head and body, never relenting save when Risko was hugging him “like a "long lost brother.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3710, 29 October 1927, Page 2
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103BOXING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3710, 29 October 1927, Page 2
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