WHLS-FIRPO FIGHT
DECISION SECF RED BY WILLS
Anst. N.Z- Cable A>s c. Rec Sept 12. 3 p.m. New York Sept D
The match between Marry Mills, the negro heavyweight, and I.uk Firpo, the Argentine boxer, u:s Sought at Rovle's Thirty Acres to-day. T h*’ match went the I ni!, distance ol fifteen rounds, and under the law no decision could he given by the releree. Boxing experts, however, generally agre'e that Wills had the better of the match, and In is; acclaimed t lie winner by the newspapers. whose decision is aec< *pted as Ural in the absence ol that <d tin* releree. Riv Sent 13. 8.5 a.m. New York, Scpi IT.
In a twelve* rounds contest Wills gained the experts' decision over Firpo.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIII, Issue 8686, 13 September 1924, Page 5
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