TAME BOXING CONTEST.
SARRON DEFEATS SHACK< [Br TELEGRAPH OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] DUNEDIN, Sunday. The 15-round professional contest, Sar< ron-versus Shack, held in t£e Drill Hall last night resulted in a win on points for Sarron after one of the tamest and most uninteresting bouts ever seen in Dunedin. With the exception of the first few rounds neither man seemed parr ticularly worried as to the ultimate outcome of the meeting, and the decision Was the only one possible in the circumstances. * . , ' What little fighting was done was mostly done by, Sarron, while Shack seemed content to keep out of trouble. ' Throughout the contest hardly a clean connecting blow was struck, and although Shack is undoubtedly a clever defensive fighter, he carried his ■ elusive tactics too far, while Sajron seemed unable to take • advantage of the open' target presented him time and again. A crowd of 3000 expressed its dis< approval in no uncertain manner.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20597, 23 June 1930, Page 13
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