BOXING
GORDON WINS WELTER TITLE CRUICKSHANK BEATEN ON POINTS (P.A.) NAPIER, February 27. In a bout dominated by in-fighting and which went the full 15 rounds, Clarne Gordon (Otahuhu) took the New Zealand professional welter boxing title on a points decision from the titleholder, lan Cruickshank. at Napier on Saturday. Gordon outboxed Cruickshank, although the latter had some slight advantage in the in-fighting. In the first and third rounds Gordon was cautioned for hitting low, and when Cruickshank went down in the fifteenth round for counts of three, six, and two, he appealed for a foul.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25740, 28 February 1949, Page 4
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