BOXING
HARRY WILLS BADLY BEATEN (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cablo Association.) NEW YORK. 12th Oct. At, £;< rklyri, Jack Sharkey, the iJosot'i 1 eavyweight, won on a foul in the thirteenth round from Harry Wills, the veteran negro heavyweight and fur a long t"':e a contender for the acrid s LGc 11s was badly beaten. The fig'it was one-sided, the referee disqualifying V\ ,!L for hitting with the l«mk t Ins band .mi h-filing and pun.: ig spile the negro’s advantage in height, weight (214 pounds) and reach, Sharkey (188 pounds), outfought, arid outboxed him in nearly every round.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 October 1926, Page 5
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99BOXING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 October 1926, Page 5
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