FATAL BOXING BOUT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19858, 31 January 1928, Page 14

FATAL BOXING BOUT.

evidence: at inquest. AN ACCIDENTAIL DEATH, At the inquest at Bathurst, New South Wales, last week, into the death of Emmett Ambrose Murphy following a boxing match with an aboriginal named Edward Nixon, Sergeant R Hall said that bo saw the fight, and was aware that Murphy hnd undergone an operation for appendicitis two months previously At the end of each of the second and third rounds, he noticed that deceased returned to his corner slightly dazed. Twice during the contest he fell to the floor, but had never struck the floor. Ho considered that the content was fairly even until the fourteenth round, when deceased told Ins seconds that he felt sick, and appeared to col.'lapse. Deceased, though not appearing in actual distress, was bleoding from one ear. Witness did not consider the punishment unduly severe, Michael Murphy, father of the deceased, said that the fight was clean His son informed him before the fight that ho "fait weak and intended to "toss in the towel" if the fight lasted rnore than a few rounds Deceased had had several falls several years ago, and had since been frequently melancholy. Dr. Harris said that he examined Murphy before' the fight and considered him fit to engage in the contest. Dr. Busby, Government medical officer, said that the post-mortem examination revealed a clot of blood and hemorrhage The skull was not fractured, but a nip tured vein was within an inch of a contusion on tho night side of the forehead, apparently caused by a blow. The coroner returned a verdict of accidental death.