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• LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE. (Special to •‘Northern Advocate.”) AUCKLAND, This Day, Johnny Leckie and Harry Johns have been matched by the Northern Boxing Association for the Dominion lightweight title. The bout will take place on November 16. A BARREN WIN. JOHNNIE 1 LECKIE *B EXPERIENCE. NOT A PENNY PAID. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) NAPIER, This Day.' Johnnie Leckie did not 'receive one penny as a result of the title contest against Donovan at New Plymouth last Saturday, in which the former retained the championship. The Napier Boxing Association has lodged a complaint on Leckie’s behalf to the New Zealand Boxing Council. The contest was staged on a percentage basis, and Leckie was informed when he went to collect his share that there was nothing for him, the whole of the proceeds being eaten up in expenses.
The Napier secretary asserts that the rules governing such contests are that, the allocation is 50-50 on the gross receipts, after deducting amuse* ment tax, and as it •vyas a £l2O house, there should be in the vicinity of £55 to divide between the boxers.
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Northern Advocate, 6 November 1931, Page 4
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