BOXING
KEITH MAY FIGHT LAVE (New Zealand Press Association/' AUCKLAND, November 7. The former national heavy-weight champion, ’ Chub Keith, has come out of retirement and probably will fight the Tongan, Kitione Lave, in an open-air contest in Auckland in January. Today Keith signed to meet the Australian titleholder, Ken Brady, in a bout set for November 30 at the Olympic Pool. Newmarket. Brady has cabled his ac* ceptance of the fight teams. Lave, who is suffering from a back injury will go back to Tonga on Tuesday. But he has agreed to return to Auckland to fight Brady, Rudy Crivic, and Keith. ,
It is likely that Keith will meet Crivic, probably at the Olympic Pool, in December. Negotiations are under way.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27192, 9 November 1953, Page 7
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