BOXING.
PARKER BEAT THURN. (UY TEI.IiGttAPB PRESS ASSOCIATION . 1 AUCKLAND, !)ec. 28. In a professional middleweight bout of 15 rounds, Eddie Parker (list I3lbs) the ex-New Zealand champion heal Marcel Thorn (list 8lbs), of France. Parker won on points by a lair margin. the contest, being hard, but with little variety.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 29 December 1926, Page 3
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150BOXING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 29 December 1926, Page 3
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