BOXING
MIDDLE-WEIGHT TITLE BOUT ZALE BEATS ABRAMS (Rec. 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 30. Tony Zale became the undisputed middleweight champion of the world by heating Abrams on points in a 15-round contest. The muddle that has characterised the championship in the middle-weight division for a decade was cleared up with this bout. Zale. was recognised as champion by the National Boxing Association, while Abrams was the New York State Athletic Commission's nominee as ihe leading challenger. Both the New York Commission and the Boxing Association w’ll recogithp (lie winner tlif champion of the middle-wcighl division. •
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Evening Star, Issue 24056, 1 December 1941, Page 4
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96BOXING Evening Star, Issue 24056, 1 December 1941, Page 4
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