BOXING
OFFER TO JOHNNY MoKAY MATCH WITH ALF REEKIE £by telegraph—own* correspondent] GISBORNE, Wednesday The Gisborne light-weight boxer, Johnny McKay, has received from the Chnstchurch Boxing Association the offer of a match with All Reekie, the Australian light-weight, the offer being subject to an agreement as to the purse. McKay is. in first class condition. and by the date suggested for the match, June 23, he could be in the best of trim for a ten-round contest. _ The Gisborne professional is hopeful of securing a match with Cyril Pluto, the Australian light-weight champion, now fighting in New Zealand, and considers he has a good chance of heating Pluto. McKay s ruggedness is proverbinl in the New Zealand ring, and his chief difficulty is in finding suitable opponents. The Auckland _ Association is believed to be interested in bringing him into the ring with the Australian.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22436, 4 June 1936, Page 16
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