RETURN FIGHT
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. The new Empire lightweight boxing champion, Manoel Santos, and the deposed title - holder, Bunny Grant, of Jamaica, will meet in a return title fight in New Zealand during the winter. Santos won the title on a split decision at Wellington on Wednesday.
A venue for the return bout has not yet been decided.
Grant's manager, Dr. C. Western, said yesterday that no judges would be required for the return bout.
Grant would win by a knock-out, he explained.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31321, 17 March 1967, Page 13
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84RETURN FIGHT Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31321, 17 March 1967, Page 13
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