BOXING Jack Hassen May Fight In New Zealand
AUCKLAND, March 10.—To sign Australian professionals for fights in New Zealand, Mr ,C. Rex Moore, president of the Auckland Boxing Association, will visit Sydney next month. He will see, among others, Mr Ern McQuillan, manager of the world-class aborigine lightweight, Jack Hassen. On Mr Moore’s visiting list in Australia also are Mr Tom Maguire, manager of the Empire middleweight champion, Dave Sands, and Mr Herb McHugh, the manager of the Leichhardt Stadium.
Asked yesterday if he intended to try to sign Hassen, Mr Moore was non-committal. He said, however, that a year or so ago Mr McQuillan had expressed willingness to bring Hassen to New Zealand if the price was right. The fighters he was seeking, Mr Moore said, were those who could be matched with New Zealanders. His association might consider, however, matching Australians with Australians. He did not intend to offer Australians long-term contracts for a series of fights. The idea was for boxers to travel to Auckland by air a few days before a fight, and return to Sydney immediately afterward.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 March 1950, Page 7
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