THE BOXING WORLD
WELLS BEATS jaLRNLL. Australian and K.Z. Cable Association. ' LONDON, March 18. In the match against Wells in tho Albert Hal), .Tournee opened with - hurricane -tactics, and Wells defended coolly. A beautiful straight left to the jaw discouraged the Frenchman, who suffered punishment from left and right. In the second round ho was apparently nonplussed, and returned, to his corner wearily. Wells continued aggressively from the third to tho .sixth round, and was himself hardly touched. In tuo seventh round Wells boxed his opponent all over the ring, delivering some heavy punches. Journeo raillied in the eighth and made a rush in the ninth, receiving a straight loft on tho chin with terrific force, and tho spectators wondered why Wells failed to finish the fight in tho tenth round. Journos went down foift thnes in the thirteenth round for five, four, eight, and nine see; Cuds, and was counted out after a right swing on tho point of the ja'v. In a twenty-round match in the Tiolborn' -Stadium, Phil. Broom outpointed Matt Wells. Beckett states that he will fight Bomfcardier Wells in May and Tommy Burns in July, in addition to Goddard.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10544, 22 March 1920, Page 2
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