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BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT. TITLE RETAINED BY PETERSEN; DOYLE DISQUALIFIED, (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.22 a.m.) 'LONDON, July 12. Jack Doyle was disqualified for hitting the holder, Jack Petersen, low in the second round of the heavyweight championship. Forty-five thousand cpectators were present in the open air stadium at the White City. They saw a farcical contest last 2i minutes, for which each fighter received £SOOO, Both men were severely cautioned for clinching. Doyle, after shaking (Petersen, threw \all caution to £h© winds, and dealt him many foul blows, whereupon the referee, who had already shown great leniency, disqualified Doyle.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 July 1933, Page 5
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