NEGRO OPPONENT FOR BOS. MURPHY
WELLINGTON, last nlftht. To ftght Bos. Murphy, at Petone, the Negro boxer, Willie Jotie^, arrived' from Sydney to-day. Till-he arrived, he was unaware that the purse had been reduced for the fight from £500 to £300 by the . -Mtew Zealand Boxing Association. He expressed the view: that the fight would not fall through because of it, and that he had1 anore to gain. ' by letting the public see him in actio'n than by holdiijg out on the financial side. Jones had five fights, in Australia, winnihg all." Ite had 40 houts in California and lost only two, t
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5279, 16 December 1946, Page 5
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103NEGRO OPPONENT FOR BOS. MURPHY Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5279, 16 December 1946, Page 5
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