BOXING.
TOURNEY AT ROTORUA.
On Labour Day a boxing tournament, under the auspices of the Taneatua Boxing Association, will be held at the Lyric Theatre, Rotorua.
Amongst the bouts will be one of 1* rounds for a purse of fSO between MaT (Rotorna) and Hansen (Auckland). The local man was lightweight champion of Australasia in 1921, SNew Zealand 192 A and won. the professional welterweight championship of the Dominion by defeating Jock Graham. Hansen held the amateur welterweight championship of Australia and New Zealand in 1922.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 251, 22 October 1926, Page 13
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86BOXING. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 251, 22 October 1926, Page 13
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