SURPRISE BOXING DEFEAT
SYDNEY. April 18. Tiie Australian champion middleweight boxer Don Richards was surprisingly defeated tonight by a coloured American. Archie Moore, in a 12round bout at tiie Sydney Stadium. Richards had his two eyes cut and also received severe nunishment. Tiie contest was stopped in the tenth round, when Moore was awarded a technical knock-out.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 176, 20 April 1940, Page 12
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