TO FIGHT McINNES
MCDONALD’S CHALLENGE A challenge made by Lachie McDonald to the winner of the Pocock-Mc-Innes bout on Friday has been accepted by the Northern Boxing Association, and a telegram has been dispatched to McDonald offering him a fight on Monday, August 20, the bout to be of 15 rounds for a purse of £2OO. McDonald has wired his acceptance. This should provide Auckland with a great fight. Mclnnes impressed by his easy defeat of Pocock. and McDonald has lately returned to New Zealand after a very successful season in Australia. RADFORD DEFEATS GRIFFITHS Press Association. DUNEDIN, Saturday. At the Drill Hall this evening, before an attendance of about 1,200, Norman Radford, Sst 131 b, won on points from Tommy Griffiths, Sst in a 15-rounds bout. Griffiths put up one of the best fights of his career, and went in to mix it more freely than he usually does. But Radford, who is a master of ringcraft, was too clever for him, and scored well with lefts to the body. The decision was a popular one.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 425, 6 August 1928, Page 7
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177TO FIGHT McINNES Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 425, 6 August 1928, Page 7
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