BOXING.
WHITAKER BEATS FITZSIMMONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association Timaru, Last Night. A professional heavy-weight fight, under the auspices of the Timaru Boxing Association, between Sid Fitzsimmons (Timaru) and Cyril Whitaker, for a purse of £lOO, went tlie full 15 rounds, Whitaker winning m .points. It was a close, see-saw bout, marked i?y much in-fighting, which proved Whitaker's forte. In a middle-weight match, McPhail (midCanterbury champion amateur) beat Steward (Wellington champion) by a knock-out in the third round.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 October 1922, Page 3
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76BOXING. Taranaki Daily News, 5 October 1922, Page 3
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