LATE SPORTING
STAR BOXING BOUT STRICKLAND MAY MEET ALABAMA KID [Pee United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, November 7. Negotiations are proceeding to mate® Maurice Strickland, ex-contender fo* the world’s heavy-weight boxing title, with the Alabama Kid, who is classed among the leading light-heavy-weight* in the world to-day, at Palmerston! North on Boxing Night. Alabama Kid has been offered by tha Palmerston Boxing Association £15(1 win, lose, or draw, but it is believed that he will request a straight-out tram* mg purse and a percentage of the gate* He leaves Auckland to-mght for Wellington to complete arrangements. It is understood also that he will insist on 12 three-minute rounds. BEAU VITE RETURNS FOR SPELL 1 LAST ENGAGEMENT SATURDAY Press Association—By'Telegraph—Copyript(i MELBOURNE, November 7. (Received November 7, at 12.15 p.m.)]' His owner, Mr Stewart, said Beau Vite will return to New Zealand for a spell after contesting the C. B. bishep Plate at Flemington on Saturday. Beau Vite’s rivals in the Fisher Plate mclud* Beaulivre and Maikai.
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Evening Star, Issue 23727, 7 November 1940, Page 10
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164LATE SPORTING Evening Star, Issue 23727, 7 November 1940, Page 10
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