BOXING IN ENGLAND.
SCOTT DEFjEATS HEENEY. v 5 -- ■ "H ' DECISION WON 'ON POINTS* > !'■■" • ■ ' "" .■ i , 'u if.il»: i ,'■> (Received 8.35 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Keuter. . LONDON. July 10. in the boxing contest for the heavyweight championship of Britain'" Phil Scott beat Tom Heeneyy of New Zealand, oh points. '. I 1 ?. ' Heeney lost through slow .thinking. He , fitted to', follow. iap his openings. •| The New- Zealknder was - warned for holding in the first round. Ee scored with body blows and • appeared to be | ahead at the half -distance. He gave a ! display of game, tip-tOe' fighting, but in the 19th round Scott's persistent left lead's left him weak".' Heeney's' eye was cut in the' 20th round.' It was an exciting finish. AUSTRALIAN RING. COLOURED MAN'S METHODS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Seed. 8.45 p.m.) SYDNEY. July 11. At the Sydney Stadium last evening Tommy Uren easily led the American coloured boxer, Williams, on points in the first two rounds of their contest, but he was knocked out in the third by a blow on the solar plexus. Williams used the "rabbit-killer" and other methods. These were not approved by the spectators, who greeted him with a' good deal of hooting.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19377, 12 July 1926, Page 10
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