FLY-WEIGHT CHAMPION COLLAPSES WEIGHING-IN FOR BOUT
(800. noon.} LONDON, July 16; The world fly-weight champion. Jackie Paterson, of Scotland, collapsed just before weighing in for his title fight neain«t. Dado Marino, of Hawaii, to-nieht. The fight was cancelled. It bad twice previously been postponed because Paterson had» an attack of boils The Boxing Board of Control announced that Paterson collapsed, but gave no reason. He spent all yesterday and this morning trying to get down to the flv-wei<rht limit of eight stone, and it is believed that this is the reason for his collapse.
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Evening Star, Issue 26155, 17 July 1947, Page 7
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