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British Boxer Knocked Out (Rec. April 26, 5.5 p.m.). Chicago, April 24. Canzonerl retained the lightweight championship of the world, knocking out Kid Berg (England) in the third round of a scheduled ten-rounds’ fight. VICTORY FOR CARROLL Billy Richards Knocked Out (Rec. April 26. 5.5 p.m.). Sydney, April 26. At boxing, in the Sydney Stadium, Jack Carroll, lOst. 7}lb, knocked out Billy Richards, lOet. 6}lb, in the seventh round. Carroll was cautioned for hitting low in the third and fourth rounds, after which Richards faded out. HARD-WON MATCH Boxers “Make Things Willing” Sydney, April 24. At the Newtown Stadium, Billy Sullivan, ex-amateur champion of New Zealand (list 71b) was given a points decision over Frank Van (list. Clb) after fifteen rounds of hard fighting. The pair made things willing from the first gong to the last.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 179, 27 April 1931, Page 9
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