BOXING
COUNTING-OUT OF GAINS. REFEREE AND TIME KEEPER. LONDON, April 16. The Prince of Wales was among the spectators at Albert Hall witnessing one of the strangest events in the history of boxing. McCorkindale was fighting Gains in a ten-rounds bout, but the Empire title was not involved. McCorkindale delivered a blow to the jaw in the last round which felled Gains, who, however, rolled over at three, rested on one knee and prepared to rise. The time-keeper counted to seven, and the referee (Mr C. Douglas) counted with him simultaneously to nine and then shouted “Out!”, despite Gains’ rising and the time-keeper having unfinished his count. The incident is causing newspapers to demand that the Board of Control define accurately the duties of the time-keeper and referee.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 106, 18 April 1933, Page 11
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