CHAMPION FLOORED
GEIME BEATS BUTCHER. SYDNEY. Monday. At the Stadium, in the welterweight championship, Billy Grime easily defeated Eddie Butcher, the holder, by knocking him out in the fourth round with a heavy drive to the solar plexus.—A. and N.Z. GRIME’S VICTORY, A SURPRISING RESULT. SYDNEY, Monday. Grime scaled 9st OJlb and Butcher lOst sslb. His greatest admirers never expected the match to finish so quickly. Grime is small in- comparison with the massive Butcher. When the weights were considered it did not appear to be a fair match. Butcher towered over his crouching opponent and drove several hard rights to the head. Grime’s evasiveness amused the crowd, who roared its applause in the fourth round. Butcher coming in with a long left, Grime ducked and drove his right to the solar plexus. Butcher fell on his face, rolled over in pain, and was counted out.—A. and N.Z.
BROWN OUTPOINTED. 1 SYDNEY, Monday. Tommy McGrath outpointed A 1 Brown on a technical knockout in the seventh round. —A. and N.Z. I EIGHT STOPPED. STEWART SUCCEEDS. MELBOURNE, Monday. Stewart beat Ernest Tymcke, in the sixteenth round, when the referee stopped the fight.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 4 January 1927, Page 6
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