BOXING.
JOHNSON TO FIGHT BURNS. September 17, 11.25 p.m. LONDON, September 16. Johonson has signed a contract to fight Burns to a finish in Australia -after November 30th. The purse will be for £7,000, the winner taking 60 per cent, ar.d tf.e loser 40 per cent. Johnson is a negro, and is a par--»ticjlarly clever boxen English critics •consider that hens the only pugilist in the world at the present tirr.e , capable of beating Barns.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2993, 18 September 1908, Page 5
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75BOXING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2993, 18 September 1908, Page 5
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