Australian Boxer Killed in Ring
TRAGIC END OF FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION
United Press Association—By Electric Telegra ph.—(Jo pyrigli t. Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. BRISBANE, Alarch 29.
Bobby Clements, Australian flyweight champion, died after a stirring encounter with "Tiger" Donnelly at tho Brisbane Stadium last night. Clements was defending his title and seemed to be winning, but weakened considerably in the eighth round. Both men engaged in a williug two-handed mill in the eleventh, when suddenly Clements dropped to the canvas aud could not be revived, lie died within a few miuutcs of his arrival at the hospital, it is believed as a result of cerebrai haemorrhage.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 75, 30 March 1936, Page 7
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