BOXING
A BRILLIANT EXHIBITION. BENNELL BEATS DOWNES. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, July 11. A brilliant exhibition of boxing was given tonight by Bennell (Australia), 10.2, when he beat Barney Downes (Wellington), 10.8, on points, in a 12round professional contest. Bennell, who was having his first fight in New Zealand, was much too good for Downs. A MONOTONOUS BOUT. SS DUNEDIN, July 11. In a 12-round professional boxing contest tonight Neville Mudgway, 10.4, welterweight champion of New Zealand, gained a points’ decision over Bert Osborne, 9.9, lightweight champion of Australia. It was a monotonous bout, and the decision met with a mixed reception.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 July 1938, Page 5
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