FINED AND CENSURED
MANAWATU BOXING ASSOCIATION STRICKLAHD-ALABAMA KID BOUT [Pxr United Press Association-.] WELLINGTON, February 24. Following an inquiry into the professional boxing contest at Palmerston North on Decembar 26 between Maurice Strickland and tho Alabama Kid, the New Zealand Boxing Council has imposed a £5 fine on the Manawatu Association, and has censured tho association for giving the boxers a guarantee instead of observing the rule which stipulates that contestants shall divide the purse on a basis of 60 per cent, to the winner and 49 per cent, to the loser. The council also revoked the license of the Alabama Kid for a breach of his contract with the Manawatu The boxer was represented by a solicitor at the meeting of the council which imposed the penally.
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Evening Star, Issue 23818, 24 February 1941, Page 2
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128FINED AND CENSURED Evening Star, Issue 23818, 24 February 1941, Page 2
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