BOXING.
LISTER BEATS. TIERNEY. (By Telegraph.—Pres3 Association. \r - BLENHEIM, Sunday/" The professional boxing contest between Harry Lister (Greymouth), list "%lb,aa,i Joe Tierney (Blenheim), 12st lOlb.flig evening, ended in a technical knock-on* victory for Lister in the fifteenth round! The bout had more thrills than usuallv characterise a professional contest. Tiarney who was making: his first appearance unprofessional, made the early fighting-:bit over the concluding rounds Lister h»d-i lead on points. He sent Tierney down fa,* times t?fore the end. -!.' Tom Croft. New Zealand middle-weVht champion, defeated Alec Dasler, Blen heim, in a good fight. - .-•-":
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 289, 7 December 1931, Page 12
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94BOXING. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 289, 7 December 1931, Page 12
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