BOXING
Parker v. Lister FOBMER SCORES BY NARROW MARGIN. DUNEDIN, May «. ’Eddie. Parker (12.0) of Timaru beat Harry Lister (11-8) of West Coast by a narrow margin of poinG in a 15-round contest last night . There was a large attendance, and t>. fast, scientific exhibition of boxing was provided, Pairker’s suplerioi ringcraft gaining him the decision. Lister made the fight most of the way. and there was a good deal of ■ clinching in which the West Coaster i landed some telling blows. Parker was more at home in distance fighting, NEW YORK, May 4. Walter Neusel (Germany) gained the decision in a ten-round bout with Tommy Loughran to-night. CALCUTTA. May 4. Ambrose Aposto, a Filipino boxer, died from injuries received. when spectators at a Rangoon boxing tournament throw bottles and bricks into the ring to express dissatisfaction with the referee’s decision. Aposto was a well known flyweight, and was due to appear in a big fight against the champion next week. AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS INVERCARGILL, May 6. Advice has been rec elived by the Souithliand Boeing Association that the New Zealand B'oxing Council has allotted the ann'U'al Australasian championshi|ps to- Invercargill this year. The tentative date s are October 8 and 9.
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Grey River Argus, 7 May 1934, Page 5
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