BOXING.
GISBORNE CHAMPIONSHIPS
BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION
GISBORNE, Nov.. 29.Bantams: Davis beat Dooling. Featherweights: M. Sutherland beat Fryer. Lignt-weights: Frank O'Connell beat Fruere. Middle-weights: Richardson beat Cate, and announced that he was willing to fight any amateur in New Zealand at welter-weights for six rounds. Heavy-weights: Grean defaulted to V. Lowe.
The _ welter-weight professional championship of New Zealand for a purse of £70, including expenses, was included in the programme. Truscott, the challenger (Australian), gained a victory from Holder (Wellington) in the third round on a foul. The principals were just warming to their work. Truscott had done all the leading, and was particularly successful at close quarters. The referee had no option but to award a foul on account of a low blow.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue XVIII, 30 November 1912, Page 5
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124BOXING. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue XVIII, 30 November 1912, Page 5
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