BOXING.
NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. LISTER WINS LIGHT-HEAVY TITLE. DUNEDIN, October 4. The New Zealand boxing championships were concluded to-night, when the finals of all divisions were decided. A large house saw fast, keen contests. The Jamieson Belt for the most scientific boxer was von by N. Fisher, the Christchurch light-weight, who, as winner of the class, also takes the Parisian Cup. Results:— Welter-weight. Semi-finals. Purdie (Auckland) beat Danes (Hawke’s Bay). Arbuthnot (Wellington) beat Hawkins (Greymouth). Final. '■ Arbuthnot beat Purdie. Flyweight. Final. Boyle (Hawke’s Bay) beat Maddern (Taranaki). Middle-weight. ... Final. G. Low (Christchurch) beat Howson (Greymouth) Bantam-weight.
Final. Leyidon (Oamaru) beat Moran (Auckland). Feather-weight. Final. C. Gordon (Taranaki) beat W. Hawes (Greymouth). Light-weight. Final. N. Fisher (Christchurch) beat Ennis (Timaru). Light-heavy-weight Final. Lister (Rakaia) beat Howson (Greymouth). Heavy-weight. Final.
Lindsay (Auckland) * beat Brant (Timaru). flighting his second bout of the evening, Howson went down to W. Lister, of Rakaia, in the light-heavy-weight final. Lister was perhaps the most promising mail seen in his division, and he snowed a good deal more speed and punching ability than is usual in amateurs in this class.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 303, 5 October 1935, Page 2
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