BOXING
WELTER CHAMPIONSHIP ARMSTRONG BEATS GARRISON (United Press A««n.—nee Tel. Copyria-ht) MONTREAL, Dec. 11 Henry Armstrong retained his world’s welter-weight championship when he knocked out Jimmy Garrison, of Kansas City, in the seventh round of their contest at Cleveland. Throwing murderous punches, A 1 Hostaka, recognised in the United States as the world’s middle-weight boxing champion, knocked out Eric Seeling, ex-champion of Germany, in a match at Cleveland, after 81 seconds in the first round. Seeling earlier took the count of nine.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20986, 13 December 1939, Page 14
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