Win for Blomfield
(By Tolegraph-Pnea Association.)
AUCKLAND, June 7.
The professional heavyweight wrestling contest held at the Town Hall on Saturday evening between Lofty Bloiufield, of Auckland, and Paul Boesch of America, was won by Jjlomfield ’on points alter each man had gained a fall.
Boesch secured a fall in the fifth round with a body press, after having felled his opponent with a succession of drop-kicks. Hie Aucklander drew level in the seventh round by means of a submission full with an Indian deathlock, Buesch limped badly all through the final round, in which Blomfield was the aggressor throughout. The decision on points to the Aucklander met with a mixed reception.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 148, 8 June 1936, Page 6
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