BOXING
(Press Assn.) WELLINGTON,.Sept. 3. Following his summary disposal of Tommy Dunn and Jack Duncan earlier, this season-, Bos Murphy (10.7) tonight stopped Fred Southee (11.4) halfway through the second round of a professional boxing contest scheduled for 10 rounds. Southee barely survived the first round, the referee stopping the ! contest in the second. : (Press Assn ) DUNEDIN. Sept. 3. i After a display marred by much , Clinching and indecisive hitting Laurie ! Bolger (Mataura, 10.75) beat Jack Duncan. (Ngaruawahia, 10.6!). 1 PALMERSTON NORTH BOUT Interest in the Collins-llansen fight, which is to take place in the Palmerston North Opera House on Saturday night, is growing apace. The booking office opens tomorrow and intending patrons are advised to waste no time in making their reservations Tommy Hansen has had a number of fights recently and J. Collins, not long back from overseas, is making ids first appearance in a Palmerston North ring. Hansen will be fighting fit When he climbs through tho ropes on Saturday night, and B. O’Keefe, who looked after J. McMahon, when he w-as in action, can be relied upon to have Collins ready to make the effort of his life. 'Patrons are promised a professional fight literally packed with action and, in addition, the match committee has arranged for firstclass amateur preliminaries.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 236, 4 September 1945, Page 6
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