Bos Murphy Loses Fight on Foul
LONDON. Oct. 31. Rov Wouters, list. 7Jib., a Canadian cowboy middleweight, tonight beat Bos Murphv. lOst 131 b.. the former Empire middleweight champion, who was disqualified in the third round. Wouters stood up to Murphy’s attack with courage and had the New Zea lander in trouble from succsrsive punches to the head with both hands. Murphv was warned to keep his punches up and was disqualified when Wouters was on the canvas holding both gloves over his stomach..
Wouters took the place of Vince Haw kins, who was unable to fight because of boils.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23091, 2 November 1949, Page 8
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