BOXING
MCAVOY'S SUCCESS IN
NEW YORK
NEW YORK, November 30.
Jock McAvoy, 12st o£lt>, from Lancashire, middleweight and light-heavy-weight champion of the British Empire, made an impressive American debut at Madison Square Garden tonight decisively outpointing Al McCoy, 12st 2£lb. the Boston light-heavy-weight.
McAvoy won seven of the ten rounds and received the unanimous vote of the referee and two judges.
The visitor displayed a large assortment of punches, including a right to the jaw which once had his opponent on the floor and several other times had him on the verge of- a knock-out.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 133, 2 December 1935, Page 11
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