BOXING.
THE OLYMPIC GAMES. NEW ZEALANDERS NOMINATED.WELLINGTON,. Nov. 11. . The New Zealand Boxing Council to-night nominated to the New Zealand Olympic , and British Empire Games Association, T. Arbuthnot, Wellington (welter-weight); C. Gordon, Patea (feather-weight); and N. Fisher, Christchurch (light-weight), as representatives . for the Olympic Games. It was decided to lift the disqualification imposed on W. Aitken by the Wellington Boxing Association as from November 19. LONGEST PRIZE FIGHT. SEVEN HOURS 19 MINUTES. The longest bona-fide prize fight in ring history, boxing records disclose, was fought on April 6, 1893, between A. Bowen and J. Burke in New Orleans. The titanic struggle went 110 rounds, lasting seven hours and nineteen minutes and ending in a draw. Gloves were used in the encounter. The next longest prize fight was fought in San Francisco on February 27, 1890, the contestants having been Danny Needbani and Patsy Kerrigan. It lasted 100 rounds, going six hours and thirty-one minutes and also ending in a draw.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 26, 12 November 1935, Page 2
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