BOXING.
WELTER-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
[BY TELEGRAPH,— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WANGANUI, Wednesday,
The fight for the welter-weight professional championship of the Dominion, between Denis Murphy and Doss Burns, took place to-night at the Wanganui Amateur Association's tournament. Murphy was cautioned several times in the first round for holding. He continued these tactics in the second round, and the referee (Dr. Napier McLean) disqualified him and awarded the fight to Burns. • • Morris beat Hogan on points in a fourrounds welter contest.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14689, 25 May 1911, Page 7
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