BOXING
GRIME KNOCKS OUT BUTCHER.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association)
SYDNEY, 3rd Jan. Grime scaled 9.0£ and Butcher 10.5£. His greatest admirers never expected the match to finish so quickly. Grime was small in comparison with the massive Butcher, and weight considered it did not appear a. fair match. Butcher towered over his crouching opponent and drove several hard rights to the head. Grime’s evasiveness amused the crowd, who roared its applause. In the fourth round Butcher coming in with a long left, Grime ducked, and drove a right to the solar plexis. Butcher fell on his face, rolled over in pain, and was counted out.
Tommy McGrath outpointed Al. Brown 9.8 on a technical knock-out in the seventh round.
MELBOURNE. 3rd Jan
Alf, Stewart beat Ernest Tymcke in the sixteenth round. The referee’stopped the match.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 January 1927, Page 7
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