Tom Heeney to Fight Sharkey
MAORILANDER’S RISE FIGHTER WITH A PUNCH Much water has flowed under the bridge since Tom Heeney left these shores in search of pugilistic fame. It is a tribute to the man’s persistence that he has steadily won his way into the first flight of the wo. Id’s mitt artists, and ranks to-day as a possibility for world’s championship honours. A rugged, rip-tearing fighter in New Zealand, Heeney packed a terrific wallop in either hand, and one of his bouts in the Dominion ended fatally, while in another, a well-known Southern boxer, was so badly knocked about that he was never the same fighter again. Leaving New Zealand, the Gisborne man tripped over to England, where
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 169, 7 October 1927, Page 10
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