ANOTHER WIN
JOHNNY LECKIE BEATS AUSTRALIAN BOXER TAYLOR CHALLENGES WINNER
Press Association. NAPIER, Wednesday. Johnnie Leckie, the New Zealand champion boxer, defeated Teddy Green, the Australian bantam-weight champio~ in a contest at Napier to-night. The bout was scheduled to go 15 rounds, but the Australian retired in the tenth round. Green complained of soreness on the front of his head, caused, apparently, through a collision with Leckie’s chin in about the eighth round. A medical examnation showed that he was suffering from slight concussion. Leckie soon established a lead, whloiii Green reduced somewhat in the ninth and tenth rounds. As far as it lasted the fight was an excellent one. Green displayed splendid knowledge of ringcraft and Leckie found that his opponent’s skill, speed and smallness told against him. Nevertheless, he wore his man down, and inflicted at times heavy punishment. Green was Sib lighter than Leckie, the latter being 8.11, and, this disadvantage, combined with the Otago) man’s strer~<-h. greater reach and' height, proved too big a hurdle. Tavlor, of Auckland, has challenged the winner.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 316, 29 March 1928, Page 6
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176ANOTHER WIN Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 316, 29 March 1928, Page 6
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