WRESTLING CONTEST
BOUT AT WANGANUI [BY TELEGItAPIt—PBESS ASSOCIATION] WANGANUI, Wednesday Ali Bey defeated Wong Buk Cheung, both lost., this evening, by two falls to one in fivo rounds. Tho bout was mostly poor showmanship and was not appreciated .by tho largo crowd. In tho third round Cheung was dumped four times in succession and was caught in a body press while in a dazed condition. In the following round ho butted Boy round the ring and applied a body press, making the match even. In the fifth ¥ round Bey caught Cheung with a double-handed upper cut as he was being charged and then fell on Cheung for another body press and fall.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 12
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112WRESTLING CONTEST New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 12
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