BOXING.
ENTER THE PROFESSIONALS. On Wednesday next the first professional contest of the season will be held under the auspices of the local association, when Hannan, the well-known Australian light-weight, will meet Murphy, the welter champion, in a fifteen-round contest. Tho weights are to bo declared at lOst. 511). Both men lmvo been training for a considerable time, and tho?o who have seen both at work consider that tho contest will be very even—Hannan, with his vigorous against tho clover elusive Murphy, f-omo excellent preliminaries by local and visiting amateurs are promised. The box plan opens this morning at AraitV
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 13
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100BOXING. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 13
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