LECKIE DEFEATS SARRON.
NEW ZEALANDER DOWN DOR TWO BRIEF COUNTSCLEANER HITTING. Australian l’re.-s Association. Received Sundav, 7 pan. SYDNEY, June 23. In a thrilling tight right through,. Johnnie Decide (S.IOi) out-pointed American Dele Sarron (5.9) at the Sydney Stadium last night. A big crowd cheered the boxers tothe echo. Barron’s vicious' swings occasionally connected and heckle was more than once in a bad way. The latter was severely punished in the seventh ami v, as doored twice for two short counts but he came back in an amazing manner and jtiled up the points. Sarron got a rough handling thereafter, tin.: New Zealander hitting cleaner than his adversary. He used lefts to the face freely and with tolling effect but there was always a danger of Sarron scoring a knockout, so tigerishly did he light. A large percentage of the crowd thought the light should have been a draw.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1929, Page 6
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