BOXING.
WELTER-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. (United Press Association.) CHRIST CHURCH, Monday. ' ■' The secretary of the Wanganui Boxing .Association wrote to the Now ' Zealand Boxing Council stating that, the welterweight professional championship was not at stake when W. Burns, and D. Murphv met at Wan.ganui on May 34th last. "As Bums, the winner, was 2£lb. overweight, it wasf decided, that, thesitlo j ehvulil revert l.t> T. Tracey, of Weniiig-, ton. It was decided that, it was an v ot"' fence against the competition laws 1 for a competitor to oil or. grease, his face.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 4 July 1911, Page 1
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91BOXING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 4 July 1911, Page 1
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