WELLINGTON BOXING
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS Prcss Association \V’ELLINGTON, Tuesday. The ‘W'ellington unlnteur boxing championship tourney was concluded tonight, when smug promising form was witnessed in the semivfinals and finals. Results were:— Paper—weight.——Final: F. VVard beat G. Isaacs. Fly-weights—Final: K. VVebb beat L. C. Higgs. Bantani-weights. —— Semi-finals: C. Woods beat N. Hanson; H. Knopp beat XV. Parris. Final: Knopp beat Woods. Feather-weights.—Final: C. I-los—-kyn beat F. Keith. Light—weights. Semi-final: G. Thomas beat J. Jackson. Final]: G. Thomas beat H. Thomas. The judges disagreed in this bout and the referee. Mr. Earl Stewart, gave hi2} decision for G. Thomas. The verdict was ironically received and it was announced immediately that both brothers would be sent to the New Zealand chumpionship tourney. _ - VVeltor-woightan—Semi—finul: P. J. Stone knocked out .1“. Norris in the first round. Final: Stone knocked out N. Croft; in the second round. huddle-weights—J. Connors won by default. Light-hea‘y-weights. - Final: WV. Pearce beat J. Tasker. Heavy-weights.—J. Bolton won by default._ . __ _
—-':l‘7|7l—‘6“VJanlieson Bledal for the most scientific boxer at the tournament was awarded to George Thomas.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 741, 14 August 1929, Page 13
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172WELLINGTON BOXING Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 741, 14 August 1929, Page 13
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