BOXING
TWO BOUTS AT AUCKLAND
IBy Telegraph-
-Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, July 17.
! The defeat of Neville Mudgway. Auckland, holder of «,he professional welterweight championship of New Zealand, was a feature of a programme staged by the Auckland Boxing Association in the Town Hall. In a match of ten three-minutv rounds the decision was given on points to Johnnie Foster, Canada. It was a disappointing exhibition all round.
A professional preliminary saw Bert McKay, Auckland lightweight, maintain his sequence of victories by technical knock-out, his opponent on this occasion being Fred Finnigan, Wellington The bout was stopped by the referee in the fourth round.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 15, 18 July 1939, Page 15
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