PARKER RETAINS LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
(»I MLISKAPH.—PRBSS ASSOCIATION.) ™,r « NAPIER, 26th January. Eddie Parker (list 101b), Hastings, light heavyweight chimpion of New Zealand, beat Jack Pettifer (12st 61b) heavyweight champion, H.M.S. Chatham, in the fifth round, on Saturday night. Parker gradually broke down his opponent's defence until he was able to send Pettifer to the boards three times in the fifth round, when the towel was thrown in. . .
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1924, Page 8
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69PARKER RETAINS LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1924, Page 8
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