BOXING
Australian Welter-Weight ° ■ .-championship (United Press Association—By Electric - Telocraph—Copyright) ’ lA jHtralian Ur--* Association) SYDNEY, 12th July. At the Leichhardt Stadium', for the welter-weight championship of Australia, Wally Hancock, 10.31 (holder), knocked', out Charlie Purdy, the-New Zealander, 10.(51, in the twelfth round. It was an exciting, and in some respects, a sensational encounter, with Hancock always dangerous. Purdy began cautiously. Hancock was confident, but Purdy warmed up Jo his task in the third round, and although he took a lot of punishment, he himself gave goodly .measure. Hancock used his left freely' and wildly, often connecting with Purdy’s .chill and nose. > . ■. During the fifth, round the.- New Zealander was groggy and, was in a similar condition in the eighth. Purdy, however, managed to recover and sent in some telling blows to his opponents? facp and body. Hancock, '.iu the tenth, continued the attack but found Purdy who crouched low, - most elusive. Blood was flowing from -both ’ men’s; faces. It* was indeed a," blood-thirsty; Contest. Purdv was obviously tired when he was floored in the twelfth round. • - .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 7
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175BOXING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 7
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