PROFESSIONAL BOXING.
GRIME BEATS PUBDY. VERDICT MEETS WITH MIXED RECEPTION. WELLINGTON, March 10. Billy Grime (9st. OJlb.) triple Australian champion, beat Purdy (9st--BJlb.) on points in a 15 rounds professional boxing contest. The judges disagreed and the referee gavj his casting vote. Grrnt bad tr fight all he kHiw and Purdy employed an impenetrable smother to Grime’s deadly right. Grime, however, was on top pf his jn a “ fur the greater part o: tbe 15 totads, planting his blows quick, more snappily and on a firmer ta:get Many considered Purdy had won. The verdict icit with a mixed rec<\. +• cm, —(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 11 March 1927, Page 5
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101PROFESSIONAL BOXING. Wairarapa Age, 11 March 1927, Page 5
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