BOXING.
TOM HEENEY IVINS. VANCOUVER, Oct. 26. At Detroit, Tom Heeney, tiro New Zealand heavyweight, won the decision over Johnny Risko. of Cleveland, in a ten-round Imut. NEW YORK. Oct. 27. Heeney won the ten-rounds’ decision over Johnny Risko. in a bitterly contested slashing contest, which was termed the bitterest heavyweight battle of recent years. IJceney won six o! the ten rounds, with a margin of victory in two others. Risko fought roughly, necessitating warnings for fouls several times. Keeney's victory is regarded as a cleanly defined one, he having successfully I weakened his opponent in the seventh I round, and then pounding hint savage- j Iv with both hands in a fiery attack 1 to the head and body, ami never re- ! tenting, save when Risko was hugging . him ‘‘like a long-lost brother.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1927, Page 4
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