BOXING
WELTERWEIGHT TITLE. RETAINED BY ARMSTRONG. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CLEVELAND, December 11. Henry Armstrong retained the world welterweight boxing title by knocking out Jimmy Garrison. Kansas City, in the seventh round. Throwing murderous punches, Al Hostaka. recognised in the United States as world middleweight champion, knocked out Eric Seelig, former champion of Germany, in 81 seconds in the first round. Seelig earlier took a count of nine.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 December 1939, Page 11
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