OPPONENTS 56 YEARS AGO
Meeting Arranged In Invercargill (N.Z. Press Association) INVERCARGILL, Mar. 26. Fifty-six years ago two boxers fought each other in Perth. On March 28, the two men will meet again in Invercargill, in the home of the winner of the bout. Seventy-nine-year-old Mr C. Griffin, once a world-class feather-weight, was the victor. He has been living at Invercargill for eight years. His former opponent is Mr H. Allen, an Englishman with the “Ziegfeld Follies,” now on tour in New Zealand. When Mr Allen arrived in the country last week, he inquired about Mr Griffin’s whereabouts. Mr Griffin wrote to him and the meeting was arranged. f
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30092, 28 March 1963, Page 11
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