BOXING.
GRIFFITHS OUTPOINTS O'CONtrOR. WINNER DOWN THREE TIMES. Wellington, Aug. 24. Tom Griffiths (Dunedin) to-night, before a crowded house, defeated Darby O’Connor (Sydney) on points in a feather-weight professional boxing contest' of 15 rounds. O’Connor put Griffiths down for eight seconds in the fourth round, and lifted him off his feet and down in the 13th round and again knocked him down for nine seconds in the 13th round Griffiths lasted better, making up points in the last two rounds. The decision was the rightful one.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 215, 25 August 1927, Page 3
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