WORLD'S BOXING TITLE
FLY-WEIG HT CONTENDERS 'l'lif Sydney ho\ing promoter Mr. Charles Lucas nnnounoorl recently thai Small Montana, lon nor fly-weight ehampion ol" the world, liar] -^i^nor] fo moot Mickey Millor in Australia in November. or December. Fie also stated -that tlio Nat ional Boxing As-ociat ion would shortly indicate an opponent to fight Montana in Australia tor the world fly-w.-iyht championship on a (lute to be iixeil later. Benny Lynch, of Scotland, was the most recent holder of the fly-weight title, which was declared vacant when Lynch was overweight in his fight in (Hasgow, on .Jduo !>!>. with .Jackie Jurich. of America, whom he knocked out. Montana if, a Filipino, aged 25. Miller is bantam-weight aud featherweight champion of Australia.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23100, 27 July 1938, Page 23
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