EMPIRE BOXING TITLE
LONDON, May 19. Billy Thompson retained his British and Empire lightweight title at Glasgow tonight against Harry Hughes, Scotland. The referee stopped the light in the fifth round after Hughes had taken heavy punishment.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22951, 20 May 1949, Page 3
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