BOXING
XlCirOJ, HEAT’S DE CANS. A DISAPPOINTING CONTEST. 'Press Association). INVER PART; ILL. July 2. Making his first appearance in New Zealand, Claude Nicliol (12.6), ol Australia, outpointed Roy de Cans (12.2), the American negro, in a fi'teen round boxing contest this evening. The Civic Theatre was filled to overflowing. It was a disappointing bout and several times the pair were warned to fight. D« Cans was tho aggressor most of the time and to some observers at the ringside appeared to have a lead on points. NOTES AND NEWS. IF A rev Tleency. amateur welterweight champion of Poverty Ray, has . received an invitation to appear at the Opotiki Boxing Association’s tournament on July 20. and will meet either Lysaght or Wallace, of Hamilton. Roth the northern boxers arc hard hitters. Wallace having demonstrated his ability in this direct'oti when he accounted for J. Clayton, holder of the district welt .r----v'cight championship, at a Gisborne tournament two years ago.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12904, 3 July 1936, Page 6
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159BOXING Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12904, 3 July 1936, Page 6
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