BOXING.
BRITISH WfJLTFRrW.EIO HI CHAMPIONSHIP. BY CABLH—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, May 31. Jack Hopdi out-painted Harry Maison for the British, welterweight chaanpionship and the Lonsdale belt. Mason is the ex-lightweight champion. Hood 1 opened at a fast pfce and Ala.son took the count to eight in the third round. He then livened up. At half the distance he appeared to. be well .ahead on points. From. then, on there was heavy slogging, Hood being the. more; aggressive of the two, though painfully slow. The contest was generally d&sappaintin.g ami the verdict wtois unpopular.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1926, Page 5
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93BOXING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1926, Page 5
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