N.Z. Boxer Allen Gets Match With Australian Champion
(Rec. 11.40.) MELBOURNE, Mar. 18. The New Zealand boxer George Allen is likely to fight Dave Sands, Australian middle and cruiser champion, at West Melbourne Stadium on April 14. Allen was offered the Sands fight by Stadiums Ltd. as a reward for his impressive showing ' in losing by a narrow points margin to an American Negro middleweight, Emory Jackson, who was a recent points winner over Sands. Jackson said Allen' had given him a much harder fight than Sands, and described the New Zealander as a heavier puncher than Sands.
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Grey River Argus, 19 March 1947, Page 4
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