A POOR FIGHT.
HEENEY 7 USES RABBIT PUNCH. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Received Nov. 5, 2.20 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 4. A 15-round contest for the heavyweight championship between Heeney and Franz Heiidjidge, the Belgian cruiser-weight champion, was stopped in the sixth round. The referee declared no contest owing to continual holding. It was the poorest fight seen for a long time, and one in which the fewest .clean blows landed. The New Zealander, who was much heavier, repeatedly' used the rabbit punch.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1924, Page 9
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81A POOR FIGHT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1924, Page 9
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