LECKIE V. HUGHES?
(By Telegraph.) (Special to the "Evening Post.")
DUNEDIN, This Day.
Johnny Leckie, the feather-weight champion, is anxious to fight in his home town, Dunedin, again, and has written to a member of the Otago Boxing Association stating that he wants one opportunity of proving to Dunedin boxing followers that he is not yet a spent force. After Leckio's return from Australia ho and his old trainer, Archie Leckie, dissolved forces, but Johnny states now that he is prepared to place himself once more under tho charge of Archie if he is given a chance. Leckie, says ho will come to Dunedin three weeks before the fights, and will place himself under Archie.
Word has been received in Dunediu that Harry Hughes, of Whangarci, holder of the Now Zealand amateur lightweight championship and winner of the Jamieson Belt for the most scientific boxer at the New Zealand championships last year, is turning professional, and desires to fight in Dunedin. He has challenged Lcckic or any other lightweight in the Dominion. Hughes, was the Otago amateur flyweight champion in 1D27, and is a brother of Steve Hughes, the well-known I professional boxer.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 19, 22 July 1933, Page 20
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