RING ENCOUNTER
VERCOE KNOCKED OUT. I (Per Press Association — Copyright.) | BLENHEIM, This Day. Johnny Leckie (8.13) knocked out j Dickey Vercoe (9.4) last night at the ' end of the sixth round of a scheduled + cn-roimds professional bout. Vercoe was on the defence all dirough and »too slow for his clever )pponent. The Blehhciin man adopted die crouch and when he did open, dut'he hissed badly against Leckie V; clever footwork. 'The champion’ won, every ■ound and in the sixth he finished Ver,‘oe with a short right hook to the point.
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Northern Advocate, 12 October 1928, Page 9
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90RING ENCOUNTER Northern Advocate, 12 October 1928, Page 9
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