BOXING.
SOUTHLAND TOURNAMENT.
Per Press Association.
INVERCARGILL, May 27. The Southland Boxing Association staged a successful amateur .tournament this evening in the presence of a large attendance. Among the visiting contingent from Dunedin, Hood (lightweight) and A. Low (lightweight), were successful, but B. Davis (middleweight) was defeated. Local boxers who won were C. Gault (middleweight), M. Burke (lightweight), A. Campbell (Oamaru), the present New Zealand amateur champion heavyweight, had a great fight with G. Spencer (Greenhills), the verdict going to the champion by a fair margin of points. The bout was considered one of the best heavyweight contests seen here for some time.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19290528.2.23
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 151, 28 May 1929, Page 2
Word Count
103BOXING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 151, 28 May 1929, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in