THE BOXING RING.
DWYER IN UNITED STATES. DEFEATED BY WELLING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Apslfciation. ".. (Reed. 6 5 pirn.) ' c': NEW:;YO3B£ Sept. 29. Joe Welling won the decision over Hugh Dwyer, % light-weight champion boxer of Australia, after a listless 10 rounds before 5000 spectators. Welling in the fourth round opened a cut over -the.. Auirtralian's eye; • Dwyer ' thereafter weakening -, appreciably ; until vhe \ was '; barely - able to stand upright in fine sixth round. Welling, huwever, was unable to produce the knock-out punch. Neither man afterwards displayed strategy, . spirit, or; rlechnique, the bout ultimately ; degenerating into a weak exhibition of clinching and. holding. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18518, 1 October 1923, Page 7
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101THE BOXING RING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18518, 1 October 1923, Page 7
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