BOXING.
LECKIE WINS AGAIN. ' .' > '' NEL'SON THROWS IN TOWEL. £ ' (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) . ' NAPIER, Sunday. Johnnie Lcokic (Xa'pier) defeated Tod Nelson (Australia) in a boxing contest at Nafiier List evening, the Australian throw-ing-in'the towel at the end of the 13th round. : Nelson was down.-for nice in the eighth round.' but made a remarkable recovery and fqught well lip to the 13th, when a hard blow to the solar plexus and another lo the region of the heart inadu him retire at the end oE the round. At no stage in the bout did tee Australian appear like wimuiiL,'.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 164, 14 July 1930, Page 12
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96BOXING. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 164, 14 July 1930, Page 12
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