BOXING.
NEW YORK SENSATION. (u.\*:T3i> press association— by electbic TELEGRAPH—COfTRIGHT.) (Received May 19th, 5.5 p.m.) . NEW YORK, May IS. Ignace .Fernandez, the hard-hitting Filipino, was responsible for the biggest sensation of the boxing year by his . knock-out of Al Singer, feather-weight title contender, midway in the third found. It was the first time Singer has been knocked out in his professional career. —United Service. GBI3IE OUTPOINTS- SHACK. (Received May 19th, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 18. At the Stadium, Billy Grime outpointed Sammv ijhack (America). Both sealed 9st 21b. Grime had an easy victory.-—Australian Press Association. HAY DEFEATS O'BRIEN. (rEESS AfeSOCIATIOK TELEGBAM.) DUNEDIN, May 19 Tn a 15-round professional contest last ni-ht, Artie. Hay (lOst 9lb), welter-weight champion of New - Zealand, Sefeated Boy O'Brien (New South Wales), on points for • purse of £IOO. Hay won ™7 /•"£ *«» did not appear to he fully extended at any stage of the contest, winch went the *ull distance. O'Brien, though at; time, spectacular, was not impressive, and m the cios in? sta ? e* he did a lot of claiming. It *a= rather an unsatisfactory contest.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 20 May 1929, Page 14
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