BOXING
PETER KANE WINS AGAIN. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] (Recd. February 20, 8 a.m.) LONDON, February 19. The eighteen-year-old Peter Kane, a Liverpool flyweight, the contender for the world title, knocked out the German champion, Paul Schafer, in the first round. The fight lasted 137 seconds. It was Kane’s 32nd successive victory since 1935. GREYMOUTH BOUTS. The Greymouth Boxing and Wrestling Association has arranged a professional heavyweight boxing contest between Roy de Gans and Ray Nicol (now of Runanga). The date of the bout has not .been definitely fixed. . Maurice O’Brien, New Zealand professional middleweight champion, is now residing in Runanga, and there is a possibility of his being matched at Greymouth, at an early date.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1937, Page 13
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