BOXING
SANDS BEATS WALLACE } (New Zealand Press Association) 5 A x AUCKLAND, Aug. 23. * The Australian aboriginal, Clem Sands, 1 beat Phil Wallace, of Auckland, in the I third round of a scheduled 10-round professional fight in the Town Hall last night c A short right to the jaw dropped Wallace i for a count of four and, when he rose, } the referee, Mr Eric Armishaw, ruled 1 him unfit to continue. Wallace cut his t nose on the canvas in falling, but Mr t Armishaw said aiterwards that this had fight l ” s tO d ° With hiS decis ’ on t 0 st °P the c Sands, who was weighed in walking ? shoes, scaled lost 131 b. Wallace weighed 1 list 31b. He was under a £2O forfeit to make list 41b. The bout was at catchweights. Wallace was outpunched from the start.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26199, 24 August 1950, Page 4
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