PRO. BOXERS IN AUCKLAND RING
The boxing season in Auckland this! season has been f calmed by the oppol -! tunitics. offered form* r well-known amateurs who have taken out professional licenses. On Monday next Bill Little, champion local welter of a couple of seasons ago. will make his debut, being matched with Beit Mr-Kay. while in another bout Henry Robertson will have his first bout at the Town Hall as a piofessional. His opponent is Ken Rcid. «i Klthani, another lad with a good amateur record. A third piofcssional bout will see Billy Brown, of Wellington, and <Je if Thomas, of Tav.maki. in action. Both have fought hcie recently to defeat Hughie Sheridan. They should be veil matched. Thomas had not had a bout for two years until he met Sheridan. :r.id. like Blown, he has a ••uikli. There will be thioo amateur contest* in addition .jn two n*" which Hamilton ooys will Aucklaadere.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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