OPPONENTS FOR LECKIE
Archie Hughes Arrives—Norman Radford Coming; Jack Kilmartin, the well-known Otago referee, returned from a trip to Sydney this week.
HE crossed the Tasman m quest of opponents for Johnnie Leckie and brought back with him Archie Hughes, the champion featherweight of New South Wales. , . , . . . ' - " , . A bout has been arranged_ between Leckie and Hughes m Dunedin, after which the visiting boy will be at the . disposal of other ■associations. . Hughes has a good record, yhich includes a victory over Billy -Melton and a draw with Tommy Barber.
Norman Radford will .arrive m New Zealand by the next boat under engagement to the Otago Association. Barber may come-over later, Jack Kilmartin told "N.Z. Trilth" that the boxing'game has slipped back d . .• ,-. , , -The standard is much below that ■ r bf five years ago, when he was last ■' over-there. \ Jack speaks highly of the treatment accorded him by Secretary Griffiths, of Stadiums^ Ltd., and Pat. McHugh.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1177, 21 June 1928, Page 12
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