BOXING
UREN.DEFEATS MEEKIN.
,By Telegraph-Press Association.' Dunedin, February 12. A boxing competition between Tommy [Iron (champion of Australia), and D«n Meekin (champion of the Orient) took nlacc to-niclit. The competition was fifteen three-minuto rounds, for 5 purse of £m-£2M to tho winner and -C 1.0 to the loser. It. was held «i\">r the auspices of the Otaao Boxinjr Association/ 1 The contest proved rather disanpointin" from the spectators' point of view. Tn°tholhinl for nine Seconds, to a conplo ±™£ ann jolts to the aw. ITe w».o>i« LJ and went down for eight nmfVen seconds. In the nmlh roundhe was down wain for eight then seven Seconds, and the referee stonncd the fight, and .save the verdict to then.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 119, 13 February 1920, Page 8
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