BOXING
WELTER-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. By cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Wanganui, Last Night. A fight for the welter-weight professional championship of the Dominion between Denis Murphy and Doss Burns took place to-night at the Wanganui Amateur Association tournament. Murphy was cautioned several times in the first round for holding. He continued these tactics in the second round, and the referee (Dr. Napier McLean) disqualified him, and awarded the fight to Burns. Morris beat Hogan on points in four rounds for the welter contest.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 310, 25 May 1911, Page 8
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79BOXING Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 310, 25 May 1911, Page 8
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