BOXING
featherweight title
(Uuitod Press Association)
AUCKLAND, 22nd Aug. The professional contest for the New Zealand championship featherweight title, took place to-nighl. Duke Maddox (Hastings), the holder, failoti to make the weiglil by two pounds, the title automatically going to Johnnie. Leekie (Dunedin), the challenger. The fight lasted only one round and a half. Maddox was knocked down three times in the second round, his seconds then intervening.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 23 August 1927, Page 8
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68BOXING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 23 August 1927, Page 8
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