BOXING.
FISHER BEATS JENKIN. DUNEDIN, March 12. In a professional 12-round welterweight boxing contest held here last night, Norman Fisher (Christchurch), lOst 2ilh beat -Norman Jenkin (Oamjiru), lOst 6jlb. The referee stopped the fight in the tenth'round. Fisher was on top almost throughout, and outfought and out-manoeuvred his man. MONTANEZ BEATS BERG. • ■ • r r . • /' : ■ r • ■ • NEW YORK, March 11. Kid Berg, attempting a come-back, was technically knocked out in the fifth round by Pedro Montanez (Porto Rico), the welter-weight. Montanez has lost only one fight out of 43 in the United States.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 128, 13 March 1939, Page 3
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