BOXING.
OVATION FOR MCKNIGHT. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. BRISBANE, June 12. Nelson MeKnight was given an ovation in the Brisbane Stadium when he knocked out Les Robson (the Queensland welter) in the third round. Robson exchanged punches and paid the penalty in a great fight. MeKnight (10.5) knocked out Les Robson (10.10) in three rounds. SYDNEY, June 12.
At the Staduim, Tiger Payne beat Sunny Jim Williams on points in a hard-bought contest." Payne downed Williams in the first and third rounds, but found his opponent very shifty and full of fighk
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 3
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