Sands Wins In JO Seconds
LONDON, Mon. (11 a.m.) Dave ! Sands, Australian triple boxing champion, beat Jackie Jones, the Bolton middle-weight, in the first round of a j scheduled 10-round contest, at New- j castle tonight. t The referee stopped the fight after , 80 seconds, when Jones had taken a terrific amount of punishment. ] This was Sands’ second win in three : fights in England. I Sands weighed list 7ilbs, and Jones < list 7ijlbs. ' ( Sands has now restored much of ] his prestige which he lost at the hands of the American Tommy Yaroz, x and his moderate victory over the 1 Frenchman, Lucien Gaboche. Sands tonight electrified the crowd. 1 He battered Jones from rope to rope and showed that he was a l “killer,” the reputation with which he ; came to England. 1 ... 1
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Northern Advocate, 17 May 1949, Page 6
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