BOXING.
LANGFORD BEATS LANG. AUSTRALIAN OUTCLASSED. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] Received this day at 2.15 p.m. LONDON, February 21. In the fight between Lang and Langford the former was disqualified for hitting Langford while he was on his knees. ; Lang was hopelessly outclassed. The Star describing the match says Langford repeatedly forced Lang into a corner, administering heavy rights and lefts. Lang went down for nine seconds in the second round, and for eight in the third.
He improved a bit in the fourth and hit Langford lightly, several times. In the fifth round Lang took heavy punishment and in the sixth he was very weak, Langford repeatedly . hitting him. j , ■ . f Langford slipped and Lang, hit him and was instantly disqualified.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 February 1911, Page 5
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