BOXING.
BECKETT DEFEATS GODDARD.
By Telecmph.—Press Assn.—CopjrrllWi { Received June 18, 6.5 pjn. London, June 17. ' There was a record attendance at, Olympia to witness Goddard boxing Beckett for £2OOO and a gold cup, tU( winner to meet Carpentier. Fifteen J thousand seats were booked, and it \a\ estimated that the receipts amounted to I £20,000 Among the notables present I were Admiral Beatty and Alcock and r Brown, the aviators, and many society ! ladies. i
Goddard was slightly the favorite, but Beckett knocked him out in the second round.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn.
Received June 18, 9 p.m. London, June 17. At the Olympia boxing match Beckett scored many.short jabs to face and oudv m the first round. The referree cautioned Goddard for clinching. Beckett began the second roundin hurricane style, scoring heavily, and Goddard went down for nme seconds. On resuming he was unable to withstand Beckett's onslaughts, and a swift left to chin, a right, ended the fight. Townley severely punished Hardwick, Whose seconds threw in the towel in.'the twelfth round.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable' Association.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1919, Page 4
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