FATAL BOXING BOUT.
INQUEST ON VICTIM,
SYDNEY, Jan. 25
The city Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Frederick Johnson, boxer.
After being severely punished in a boxing match at the Leicliardt Stadium on January 10, Frederick Johnson, of Alexandria, died in hospital early next morning. The cause of death apparently was a fractured skull. The bout was a hard one, Johnson’s opponent being Harry Lister, who wore the silver fem of New Zealand. It was scheduled to last 10 rounds, but in the eighth Johnson was knocked out.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 50, 26 January 1933, Page 7
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